Isaiah 10:5-6

[5] O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. [6] I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

What is the context of Isaiah 10:5-6?

Assyria is an Instrument of Judgment (Isaiah 10:5-11 true)
Assyria, the Instrument of Wrath (Isaiah 10:5-11 true)
Judgment on Assyria’s Arrogance (Isaiah 10:5-19 true)
God’s Judgment on Assyria (Isaiah 10:5-19 true)
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria (Isaiah 10:5-19 true)
Judgment against Assyria (Isaiah 10:5-19 true)
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged (Isaiah 10:5-19 true)
Assyria Is God’s Instrument (Isaiah 10:1-19 true)

What does Isaiah 10:5-6 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"Woe" (Heb. hoy) introduces a judgment oracle. Assyria was like a rod in God"s hand; He controlled her actions. He would send her to discipline godless Judah, against whom God"s fury burned: "to capture booty and to seize plunder" ( Isaiah 10:6, the meaning of Maher-shalal-hash-baz"s name, Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3). However, Assyria was in for woe herself (cf. Isaiah 10:1) because she failed to acknowledge that she was under the sovereign authority of Yahweh.