Isaiah 10:7

7 Yet it ¹does 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 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.

Isaiah 10:7 In-Context

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

6 I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

7 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.

8 For it says, "Are not my princes all kings?

9 "Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus?

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 50:20; Micah 4:11, 12; Acts 2:23, 24

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "its heart so plan"
• [b] Lit "in its heart"
• [c] Lit "not a few"