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Isaiah 10:7

Pride

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

6 I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

8 “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
KJV
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
WEB
However, he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
ASV
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
DARBY
But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
BLB
And he does not consider [it] so, and his heart does not reckon [it] so, for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations—not a few.
ÅB
Men så mener ikke han, og i sitt hjerte tenker han ikke så; men til å ødelegge står hans hu og til å utrydde folk i mengde.
OTB
Men dette er ikke hva han har til hensikt, og det er ikke hva han planlegger i sitt hjerte; hans hensikt er å ødelegge og utslette mange nasjoner.
B1930
Men så mener ikke han, og i sitt hjerte tenker han ikke så; men til å ødelegge står hans hu og til å utrydde folk i mengde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 50:20

    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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  • Acts 2:23

    He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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  • Micah 4:11–12

    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

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  • Isaiah 36:18–20

    Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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  • Acts 13:27–30

    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

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  • Isaiah 37:11–13

    Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?

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