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Isaiah 10:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

to beat down you godless people. I am angry with you, and I will send him to attack you. He will take what he wants and walk on you like mud in the streets.

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I ground them to dust, and I squashed them like mud in the streets.

Don't forget that it was the LORD who sent me here with orders to destroy your nation!

They will be so terrified of Judah that they will be frightened by the very mention of its name. This will happen because of what the LORD All-Powerful is planning against Egypt.

The LORD All-Powerful had chosen a time for noisy shouts and confusion to fill Vision Valley, and for everyone to beg the mountains for help.

The earth is polluted because its people disobeyed the laws of God, breaking their agreement that was to last for ever.

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

Fools talk foolishness. They always make plans to do sinful things, to lie about the LORD, to let the hungry starve, and to keep water from those who are thirsty.

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, “How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?”

I, the LORD, appointed a ruler in the north; now he comes from the east to honour my name. He tramples kings like mud, as potters trample clay.

“Your city will be built faster than it was destroyed— those who attacked it will retreat and leave.

But the LORD has promised to fight on our side and to rescue our children from those strong and violent enemies.

You are the LORD's people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like rubbish. The LORD is still angry, and he is ready to strike you again.

They roar and growl like fierce young lions as they grab their victims and drag them off where no one can rescue them.

Now I will let you know what I am going to do. I will cut down the hedge and tear down the wall. My vineyard will be trampled and left in ruins.

“I alone trampled the grapes! None of the nations helped. I trampled nations in my anger and stained my clothes with their blood.

In my fury I trampled on nations and made them drunk; their blood poured out everywhere on earth.”

But the LORD will make more trouble for your people and your kingdom than any of you have known since Israel broke away from Judah. He will even bring the king of Assyria to attack you.

Because before he can say ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’, the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”

Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck. But God is with us. He will spread his wings and protect our land.

The Lord was angry with his people and kept punishing them, because they had turned against him. They were evil and spoke foolishly. That's why he did not have pity on their young people or on their widows and orphans.

The LORD All-Powerful was angry and used the people as fuel for a fire that scorched the land. They turned against each other

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins for ever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

But Jerusalem, there is still time for you to be saved. Wash the evil from your hearts and stop making sinful plans,

Egypt will be his reward, because he and his army have been following my orders. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

You will rob the people in towns that were once a pile of rubble. These people lived as prisoners in foreign nations, but they have returned to Israel, the most important place in the world, and they own livestock and property.

The people of Sheba and Dedan, along with merchants from villages in southern Spain, will be your allies. They will want some of the silver and gold, as well as the livestock and property that your army takes from Israel.

You, my enemies, said, “The LORD God is helpless.” Now each of you will be disgraced and put to shame. I will see you trampled like mud in the street.

Holy LORD God, mighty rock, you are eternal, and we are safe from death. You are using those Babylonians to judge and punish others.

They will join in the fighting, and together they will trample their enemies like mud. They will fight, because I, the LORD, will be on their side. And they will crush the enemy cavalry.

And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said,




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