Isaiah 10 · Verse 24

Isaiah 10:24

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah 10:24, King James Version

Isaiah 10:24 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
WEBTherefore the Lord, GOD of Armies, says, “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
ASVTherefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, ‘Be not afraid, my people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, With a rod he doth smite thee, And his staff lifteth up against thee, in the way of Egypt.
DARBYTherefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:
BBEFor this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

What does Isaiah 10:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. Therefore--Return to the main proposition, Assyria's ultimate punishment, though employed as God's "rod" to chastise Judea for a time. O my people--God's tenderness towards His elect nation. after the manner of Egypt--as Egypt and Pharaoh oppressed thee. Implying, too, as Israel was nevertheless delivered from them, so now it would be from the Assyrian Sennacherib. The antithesis in Is 10:26 requires this interpretation [Maurer].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 After the manner of Egypt "In the way of Egypt" - I think there is a designed ambiguity in these words. Sennacherib, soon after his return from his Egyptian expedition, which, I imagine, took him up three years, invested Jerusalem. He is represented by the prophet as lifting up his rod in his march from Egypt, and threatening the people of God, as Pharaoh and the Egyptians had done when they pursued them to the Red Sea. But God in his turn will lift up his rod over the sea, as he did at that time, in the way, or after the manner, of Egypt; and as Sennacherib has imitated the Egyptians in his threats, and came full of rage against them from the same quarter; so God will act over again the same part that he had taken formerly in Egypt, and overthrow their enemies in as signal a manner. It was all to be, both the attack and the deliverance, בדרך bederech, or כדרך kederech, as a MS. has it in each place, in the way, or after the manner, of Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but…

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Isaiah 10:24 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.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3069
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּירָ֥אti.Ra'you be afraidH3372
עַמִּ֛י'a.MiO people myH5971
יֹשֵׁ֥בyo.Shev[which] dwellsH3427
צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
מֵֽאַשּׁ֑וּרme.'a.Shurfrom AssyriaH804
בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶטba.She.vetwith the rodH7626
יַכֶּ֔כָּהya.Ke.kahit will strike youH5221
וּמַטֵּ֥הוּu.ma.Te.huand staff itsH4294
יִשָּֽׂא\־yi.sa'-it will lift upH5375
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921
בְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhin [the] manner ofH1870
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

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Cross references for Isaiah 10:24

  • Hebrews 12:22-24

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

  • Isaiah 37:6

    And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  • Isaiah 61:3

    To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Isaiah 35:4

    Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

  • Isaiah 46:13

    I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

  • Exodus 14:9

    But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.

  • Isaiah 4:3

    And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

  • Isaiah 8:12-13

    Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

  • Psalms 87:5-6

    And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

  • Exodus 5:14

    And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

  • Exodus 14:21-31

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, …

  • Isaiah 14:29

    Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O my people.
4:3; 12:6; 30:19; 46:13; 61:3; Heb 12:22-24
be not afraid.
8:12,13; 33:14-16; 35:4; 37:6,22,33-35
smite thee.
5; 9:4; 14:29; 27:7
and shall lift up his staff against thee. or, but he shalllift up his staff for thee. after the manner.
Ex 1:10-16; 14:9,21-31; 15:6-10

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:23

    For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

  • Isaiah 10:24

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 10:25

    For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

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Isaiah 10:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos dice así: Pueblo mío, morador de Sión, no temas de Assur. Con vara te herirá, y contra ti alzará su palo, á la manera de Egipto:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel des armées: Mon peuple, qui habites en Sion, ne crains pas l’Assyrien! Il te frappera avec une verge et lèvera son bâton sur toi à la manière de l’Égypte;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum spricht der Herr, Jehova der Heerscharen, also: Fürchte dich nicht, mein Volk, das in Zion wohnt, vor Assur, wenn er dich mit dem Stocke schlagen und seinen Stab wider dich erheben wird nach der Weise Ägyptens!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter hoc, hæc dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Noli timere, populus meus, habitator Sion, ab Assur: in virga percutiet te, et baculum suum levabit super te, in via Ægypti.