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 stumble along as prisoners or lie among the dead. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike. 5“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger. I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet. 7But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation. 8He will say, ‘Each of my princes will soon be a king.

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 9:17That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans. For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.
• Isaiah 19:17Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has laid out his plans against them.
• Isaiah 29:13And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.
• Isaiah 30:9that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
• Jeremiah 3:10But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
• Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
• Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,
• Isaiah 10:13He boasts, “By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
• Isaiah 37:26“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.
• Isaiah 41:25“But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north. From the east he will call on my name. I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower. Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never to shut again.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Jeremiah 34:22I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”
• Jeremiah 47:6“Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.
• Isaiah 22:5Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.

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

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
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• Midianite
• Nineveh
• Prince
• Street
• Visitation
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Ezekiel

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