Isaiah 10:6

10:6 I sent him ¹  against a godless ²  nation,

I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, ³ 

to take plunder and to carry away loot,

to trample them down ⁴  like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 51:20

51:20 Your children faint;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a snare.

They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,

by the battle cry of your God. ⁵ 

Isaiah 5:25

5:25 So the Lord is furious ⁶  with his people;

he lifts ⁷  his hand and strikes them.

The mountains shake,

and corpses lie like manure ⁸  in the middle of the streets.

Despite all this, his anger does not subside,

and his hand is ready to strike again. ⁹ 

[10:6]  ¹ sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).

[10:6]  ² tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”

[10:6]  ³ tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”

[51:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who are full of the anger of the Lord, the shout [or “rebuke”] of your God.”

[5:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord rages.”

[5:25]  ¹⁰ tn Or “extends”; KJV, ASV “he hath stretched forth.”

[5:25]  ¹¹ tn Or “garbage” (NCV, CEV, NLT); NAB, NASB, NIV “refuse.”

[5:25]  ¹² tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched.”