Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 10:15

15 Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake it self against them that lift it up , or as if the staff should lift up it self, as if it were no wood .

How absurd and unreasonable a thing is it, for thee, who art but an Instrument in God's hand, and canst do nothing without his leave and help, to blaspheme thy Lord and Master, who hath as great a power over thee, to manage thee as he pleaseth, as a Man hath over the Ax wherewith he heweth?

Or, as it is rendred in the Margin, and by other Interpreters, as if a rod should shake (i. e. shall pretend to shake, or, should boast that it would or could shake; which may easily be understood out of the foregoing words) them that lift it up.

As if a Staff should forget that it was Wood, and should pretend or attempt to lift up it self either without or against the man that moveth it. Which is absurd in the very supposition of it, and were much more unreasonable in the practice. Nor are thy Boasts less ridiculous.

Marginal references: Or, as if a rod should shake them that lift it up.; Or, that which is not wood.