Isaiah 10:7
Isaiah 10:5-11 The Message (MSG)
“Doom to Assyria, weapon of my anger. My wrath is a club in his hands! I send him against a godless nation, against the people I’m angry with. I command him to strip them clean, rob them blind, and then push their faces in the mud and leave them. But Assyria has another agenda; he has something else in mind. He’s out to destroy utterly, to stamp out as many nations as he can. Assyria says, ‘Aren’t my commanders all kings? Can’t they do whatever they like? Didn’t I destroy Calno as well as Carchemish? Hamath as well as Arpad? Level Samaria as I did Damascus? I’ve eliminated kingdoms full of gods far more impressive than anything in Jerusalem and Samaria. So what’s to keep me from destroying Jerusalem in the same way I destroyed Samaria and all her god-idols?’”
Isaiah 10:7 King James Version (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.
Isaiah 10:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.
Isaiah 10:7 New Century Version (NCV)
But Assyria’s king doesn’t understand that I am using him; he doesn’t know he is a tool for me. He only wants to destroy other people and to defeat many nations.
Isaiah 10:7 American Standard Version (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.
Isaiah 10:7 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.
Isaiah 10:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.
Isaiah 10:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Yet it is not Assyria’s intention [to do My will], Nor does it plan so in its heart, But instead it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.
Isaiah 10:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation.