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.

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  1. Isaiah 10:6 Lit make them a trampled place

I send him against a godless(A) nation,
    I dispatch(B) him against a people who anger me,(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(D)
    and to trample(E) them down like mud in the streets.

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24 (A)Can the prey be taken from a mighty man,
Or the captives of [a]a tyrant be rescued?”

25 Indeed, this is what the Lord says:

“Even the (B)captives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of a tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will (C)save your sons.

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  1. Isaiah 49:24 Ancient versions and DSS; MT the righteous, cf. v 25

24 Can plunder be taken from warriors,(A)
    or captives be rescued from the fierce[a]?

25 But this is what the Lord says:

“Yes, captives(B) will be taken from warriors,(C)
    and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(D)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(E)
    and your children I will save.(F)

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  1. Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous

The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
(A)Like a lion among the animals of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
(B)Tramples and (C)tears,
And there is (D)no one who can rescue.

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The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
    in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,(A)
    like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles(B) as it goes,
    and no one can rescue.(C)

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