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Isaiah 10:7

Pride

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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.

8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as 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.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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  • Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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  • Micah 4:11–12

    Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

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  • Isaiah 36:18–20

    Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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  • Acts 13:27–30

    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

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  • Isaiah 37:11–13

    Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

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