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Isaiah 10:25
For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — YHWH addresses the inhabitants of Zion, commanding them not to fear Assyria’s rod. The declaration occurs immediately before the promise that divine wrath against the oppressor will swiftly end.
The words — The Hebrew כָּלָה (khalah) means “it will be finished,” paired with זַעַם (za'am) for “indignation” and אַפִּי (appi) for “My anger.” Together they frame a sudden termination of divine wrath.
The thread — The phrase “in just a little while” echoes Hebrews 10:37’s declaration of imminent arrival and recalls 2 Kings 19:35’s sudden destruction of the Assyrian camp. Daniel 11:36 provides a contrasting pattern of rulers who act without limit before facing divine interruption.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s fury will quickly cease and redirect toward the enemy’s destruction. It demands recognition that human oppression operates only within a divinely set timeframe.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
Cross-references
- Daniel 11:36 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- 2 Kings 19:35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Hebrews 10:37 For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Psalms 37:10 Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Isaiah 10:5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
- Isaiah 12:1 In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Isaiah 17:12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
- Isaiah 30:30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.