Isaías 10:7

7 Todavia ela não entende assim, nem o seu coração assim o imagina; antes no seu coração intenta destruir e desarraigar não poucas nações.

Isaías 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:7

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so,
&c.] His purposes, intentions, and thoughts, were not as the Lord's; he did not imagine that he was only the rod of his anger, and the staff of his indignation, a minister of his wrath, and the executioner of his vengeance; he thought he was his own lord and master, and acted by his own power, and according to his own will, and was not under the direction and restraints of another; his intention was not to chastise and correct the people of the Jews, but utterly to destroy them, and not them only, but many other nations; as follows: but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations, not a few;
not the nation of the Jews only, but many others, and so establish an universal monarchy; and what flushed him with hope and expectation of success were the magnificence of his princes, and the conquests he had already made.

Isaías 10:7 In-Context

5 Ai da Assíria, a vara da minha ira, porque a minha indignação é como bordão nas suas mãos.

6 Eu a envio contra uma nação ímpia; e contra o povo do meu furor lhe dou ordem, para tomar o despojo, para arrebatar a presa, e para os pisar aos pés, como a lama das ruas.

7 Todavia ela não entende assim, nem o seu coração assim o imagina; antes no seu coração intenta destruir e desarraigar não poucas nações.

8 Pois diz: Não são meus príncipes todos eles reis?

9 Não é Calnó como Carquêmis? não é Hamate como Arpade? e Samária como Damasco?