Isaiah 10:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ God says, “·How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria [^LWoe to Assyria].
    ·I use him like a rod to show my anger […the rod of my anger];
    in ·anger [my wrath/fury] I use Assyria like a club.
⁶ I send ·it [or him; ^Cthe king of Assyria] to fight against a godless nation [^CJudah; see v. 10].
    I ·command [order; dispatch] ·Assyria [^Lit; or him] to fight against the people ·with whom I am angry [^Lof my wrath].
to ·take their wealth from them [^Lplunder the plunder and loot the loot],
    to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
⁷ But Assyria’s king doesn’t ·understand that I am using him [intend to do this];
    ·he [^Lhis heart] doesn’t ·know he is a tool for me [think/reason this way].
He only wants to destroy other people
    and to ·defeat [^Lcut off] many nations.