Isaiah 10:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴How will you escape being captured^[a] or killed? The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!^[b]

The Lord's Purpose and the King of Assyria

⁵^(A) The Lord says:

I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria^[c] as a club ⁶to 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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Footnotes

10.4 escape being captured: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
10.4 and he … yet: Or “but he hasn't given up on you yet!”
10.5 king of Assyria: Probably King Sennacherib who invaded Israel in 701 b.c.