OUR FATHER WHO USES KINGDOMS FOR HIS PURPOSES AND IS HIMSELF NOT USED

The book Isaiah chapter 10 verse 15 says this;

Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it?

As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!

An impliment such as an ax or a saw or a rod or a club follows the leading of the one who wields it. 

The king of Assyria, being used as an impliment, crossed into impropriety when he saw his position as an opportunity to pursue his own agenda and acted independently of the one who was using his kingdom to being judgement on God's people and their neighbours.

The absurdity of this inversion is reflected in the image of an ax lifting itself above its user or a saw raising claims of itself and its purpose above its user.

The inappropriate notion of a rod turning around and wielding the one who lifted it or a club turning around and brandishing the living person who held it is captured in the second part of our verse.

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