Isaiah 10:6-12

New American Standard Bible

⁶ I send it against a ^(A)godless nation
And commission it against the ^(B)people of My fury
To capture spoils and ^(C)to seize plunder,
And to ^[a]trample them down like ^(D)mud in the streets.
⁷ Yet it ^(E)does not so intend,
Nor does ^[b]it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is ^[c]its purpose to destroy
And to eliminate ^[d]many nations.
⁸ For it says, “Are not my officers ^[e]all kings?
⁹ Is not ^(F)Calno like ^(G)Carchemish,
Or ^(H)Hamath like Arpad,
Or ^(I)Samaria like ^(J)Damascus?
¹⁰ As my hand has reached to the ^(K)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹ Shall I not do the same to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and ^(L)her idols?”