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Isaiah 10:5-7

King James Version (KJV)

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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. 7. 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.

Isaiah 10:5-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 10:5

Theological / Devotional

Rod of mine anger. Having enumerated the crimes for which His professed people were to be judged, the Lord now sets forth the means by which He will execute judgment against them. God has decreed the sentence, and Assyria is to be the means by which the sentence will be executed. Compare ch. 7:20, where Assyria is compared to a razor that has been hired.

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