Isaias 10:5
Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Væ Assur ! virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est ; in manu eorum indignatio mea.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Οὐαὶ Ἀσσυρίοις, ἡ ῥάβδος τοῦ θυμοῦ μου καὶ ἡ ὀργή ἐστιν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- ה֥וֹי אַשּׁ֖וּר שֵׁ֣בֶט אַפִּ֑י וּמַטֶּה ה֥וּא בְיָדָ֖ם זַעְמִֽי
Haydock's commentary
Woe. Or come on, Heus, though (Calmet) ho is ordinarily rendered, alas! It here indicates that God makes use of this scourge with regret, and will afterwards consign it to the flames. (Haydock)
The prophet speaks of Salmanasar, or of Sennacherib. (St. Cyprian; St. Jerome)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.