Isaiah 10:6

Isaiah 10:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• New International Version (NIV)I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Context of Isaiah 10:6

4You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. 5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish. I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets. 7But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations. 8Indeed, he says: “Are not my officials all kings?

Isaiah 10:6 word by word

בְּג֤וֹי חָנֵף֙ אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּ וְעַל־עַ֥ם עֶבְרָתִ֖י אֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ לִשְׁלֹ֤ל שָׁלָל֙ וְלָבֹ֣ז בַּ֔ז וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹ מִרְמָ֖ס כְּחֹ֥מֶר חוּצֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• him against an hypocriticalחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and against the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of my wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• will I give him a chargeצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• to takeשָׁלַלshâlal · to lootH7997
• the spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
• and to takeבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• the preyבַּזbaz · plunderH957
• and to tread them downמִרְמָסmirmâs · tramplingH4823
• and to tread them downשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• like the mireחֹ֫מֶרchômer · clayH2563
• of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:6

• Isaiah 9:17So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
• Isaiah 19:17The land of Judah will humiliate Egypt. Everyone who hears about Judah will be afraid because of what the Lord who commands armies is planning to do to them.
• Isaiah 29:13The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
• Isaiah 30:9For these are rebellious people – they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law.
• Isaiah 33:14Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
• Jeremiah 3:10In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
• Matthew 15:7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
• Isaiah 37:26Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.
• Isaiah 41:25I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:
• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
• Jeremiah 34:22For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”
• Jeremiah 47:6How long will you cry out, ‘Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’
• Isaiah 22:5For the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I will send him - Implying that he was entirely in the hand of God, and subject to his direction; and showing that God has control over kings and conqueror‘s; Proverbs 21:1. Against an hypocritical nation - Whether the prophet here refers to Ephraim, or to Judah, or to the Jewish people in general, has been an object of inquiry among interpreters. As the designs of Sennacherib were mainly against Judah. it is probable that that part of the nation was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-19Verses 5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and power. He knows not that it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Judah had a special calling as God’s covenant people. A covenant is a binding agreement between God and his people. However, Judah turned away from the Lord and became a godless nation. Because of this, they became the object of God’s anger (Isaiah 10:4). God’s judgment came not because he broke his covenant, but because they did. The word plunder translates two Hebrew words, shalal and baz. Both words mean to take goods by force after victory in battle…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. send him--"Kings' hearts are in the hand of the Lord" (Pr 21:1). hypocritical--polluted [Horsley]. nation--Judah, against whom Sennacherib was forming designs. of my wrath--objects of My wrath. give ... charge--(Jr 34:22). and to tread, &c.--Horsley translates: "And then to make him (the Assyrian) a trampling under foot like the mire of the streets" (so Is 10:12; Is 33:1; Zec 10:5). But see Is 37:26.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 10:6

• Agency
• Assyria
• Hypocrisy
• Isaiah
• Pride

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Commentaries on Isaiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings