Isaiah 10 · Verse 12

Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah 10:12, King James Version

Isaiah 10:12 in other translations

BSBSo when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
WEBTherefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
ASVWherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
BBEFor this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
WebsterWherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

What does Isaiah 10:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. whole work--His entire plan is regard to the punishment of the Jews (Is 10:5-7). Zion--the royal residence, the court, princes and nobles; as distinguished from "Jerusalem," the people in general. fruit--the result of, that is, the plants emanating from. stout--Hebrew, "greatness of," that is, pride of. glory--haughtiness.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai, fourteen MSS. and three editions read יהוה Yehovah. The fruit "The effect" - "פרי peri, f. צבי tsebi, vid. Isa 13:19, sed confer, Pro 1:31; Pro 31:16, Pro 31:31." - Secker. The Chaldee renders the word פרי peri by עיבדי obadey, works; which seems to be the true sense; and I have followed it. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:5-19

See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and…

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Isaiah 10:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
יְבַצַּ֤עye.va.Tza'he will finishH1214
אֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַֽעֲשֵׂ֔הוּma.'a.Se.huwork hisH4639
בְּהַ֥רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.Limand in JerusalemH3389
אֶפְקֹ֗ד'ef.KodI will visit [judgment]H6485
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּרִי\־pe.ri-[the] fruit ofH6529
גֹ֙דֶל֙go.del[the] greatness ofH1433
לְבַ֣בle.Vav[the] heart ofH3824
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.ret[the] glory ofH8597
ר֥וּםrum[the] haughtiness ofH7312
עֵינָֽיו\׃'ei.Naveyes hisH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:12

  • Jeremiah 50:18

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Isaiah 50:11

    Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

  • Isaiah 30:30-33

    And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • Isaiah 31:5-9

    As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. …

  • Psalms 18:27

    For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

  • Isaiah 28:21-22

    For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

  • Isaiah 14:24-27

    The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • 2 Kings 19:31

    For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

  • Isaiah 27:9

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Isaiah 10:25-34

    For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: …

  • Isaiah 17:12-14

    Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when the Lord.
5,6; 14:24-27; 27:9; 46:10,11; Ps 76:10; 1Pe 4:17
I will.
16-19,25-34; 17:12-14; 29:7,8; 30:30-33; 31:5-9; 37:36-38; 50:11
Jer 50:18
punish the fruit of the stout heart. Heb. visit upon thefruit of the greatness of the heart.
9:9; Job 40:11,12; Ps 21:10; Mt 12:33; 15:19
the glory.
2:11; 5:15; Ps 18:27; Pr 30:13; Eze 31:10,14; Da 4:37

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:11

    Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

  • Isaiah 10:12

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

  • Isaiah 10:13

    For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

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Isaiah 10:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas acontecerá que después que el Señor hubiere acabado toda su obra en el monte de Sión, y en Jerusalem, visitaré sobre el fruto de la soberbia del corazón del rey de Asiria, y sobre la gloria de la altivez de sus ojos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arrivera que, quand le Seigneur aura achevé toute son œuvre contre la montagne de Sion et contre Jérusalem, je visiterai le fruit de l’arrogance du cœur du roi d’Assyrie et la gloire de la fierté de ses yeux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wird geschehen, wenn der Herr sein ganzes Werk an dem Berge Zion und an Jerusalem vollbracht hat, so werde ich heimsuchen die Frucht der Überhebung des Herzens des Königs von Assyrien und den Stolz der Hoffart seiner Augen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Jerusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.