Isaiah 10:7
However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings?
Cross References
Genesis 50:20And as for you, ye meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Isaiah 36:19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isaiah 37:19and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
Micah 4:11And now many nations are assembled against thee, who say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
Acts 2:23this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:6-20
The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. ( b. c. 740.) 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a 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… Read the whole commentary →