A moment in scripture
Isaiah 10:7
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isaiah 10:6
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.
- Isaiah 10:8
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
- Isaiah 10:9
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.