Isaías 10:7

7 Pero el rey de Asiria no comprenderá que es mi instrumento;
su mente no funciona de esa forma.
Su plan solo consiste en destruir;
en aplastar a las naciones, una tras otra.

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 Juicio contra Asiria
«Qué aflicción le espera a Asiria, la vara de mi ira.
Yo la empleo como garrote para expresar mi enojo.

6 Envío a Asiria contra una nación pagana;
contra un pueblo con el cual estoy enojado.
Asiria los saqueará,
y los pisoteará como a polvo debajo de sus pies.

7 Pero el rey de Asiria no comprenderá que es mi instrumento;
su mente no funciona de esa forma.
Su plan solo consiste en destruir;
en aplastar a las naciones, una tras otra.

8 Dirá:
“Pronto cada uno de mis príncipes será un rey.

9 Hemos destruido a Calno como hicimos antes con Carquemis.
Hamat cayó ante nosotros como antes había caído Arfad,
y destruimos a Samaria como lo hicimos con Damasco.