John Trapp on Isaiah 10:5

Ver. 5. O Aſſyrian, the rod of mine anger] Or, Woe to the Aſſyrian: Or, Heu Aſſur, Alaſs, the Aſſyrian, q. d. Alaſs that I am forced by this ſharp and iron rod to correct my people whom I have bred ſo choicely. Dolentis vocem aſſumit Deus, ſaith Oecolamp.

The rod of mine anger] Or, my rod of anger. A rod of anger to beat the little ones, and a ſtaffe of indignation to baſtinado the bigger and more ſtubborn. Oecolamp. Ira Dei ego ſum, & orbit vaſtitas. Act. & Mon. fol. 1544. So Nebuchadnezzar is called the hammer of the whole earth, Jer. 50.23. Tamerlan called himſelf The wrath of God, and the Deſolation of the world. Attilas ſtiled himſelf King of Huns, Medes, Gothes, Dacians, the Terrour of the world, and Gods ſcourge. The wicked are Gods rod, ſaid that Martyr: whom when he hath worn to the ſtump, he will caſt into the fire.