The Axe Cannot Boast Against the Woodcutter
The prophet's rhetorical question—"Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?"—exposes the folly of the Assyrian king, who attributed his conquests entirely to his own skill and military might, ignorant that Yahweh wielded him as an instrument.
Isaiah 10:15Universaldivine supremacy and human subjectionthe folly of self-reliance