Isaiah 10:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ I send ·it [or him; ^Cthe king of Assyria] to fight against a godless nation [^CJudah; see v. 10].
    I ·command [order; dispatch] ·Assyria [^Lit; or him] to fight against the people ·with whom I am angry [^Lof my wrath].
to ·take their wealth from them [^Lplunder the plunder and loot the loot],
    to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
⁷ But Assyria’s king doesn’t ·understand that I am using him [intend to do this];
    ·he [^Lhis heart] doesn’t ·know he is a tool for me [think/reason this way].
He only wants to destroy other people
    and to ·defeat [^Lcut off] many nations.
⁸ The king of Assyria says to himself,
    ‘All of my ·commanders [princes] are like kings