Isaiah 10:5 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

ה֥וֹי אַשּׁ֖וּר שֵׁ֣בֶט אַפִּ֑י וּמַטֶּה־ה֥וּא בְיָדָ֖ם זַעְמִֽי׃

O Asshur, the rod of Mine anger, In whose hand as a staff is Mine indignation!

Rashi on Isaiah

Woe that I made Assyria the rod of My wrath with which to chastise My people.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

הוי Oh. Sign of the vocative.1See I. E. on 1:4, and Note 13.
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Rashi on Isaiah

and...a staff is My fury in the hands of the people of Assyria.
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