Cross References

Isaiah 10:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.

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You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

The king of Assyria says: My army commanders are kings!

Look what the Assyrians have done to Babylonia! They have attacked, destroying every palace in the land. Now wild animals live among the ruins.

They destroyed the idols of wood and stone that the people of those nations had made and worshipped.

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

The king of the south will feel proud because of the many thousands he has killed. But his victories won't last long,

Assyria, one of your rulers has made evil plans against the LORD.

God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross.

But God set him free from death and raised him to life. Death could not hold him in its power.