Isaiah Chapter 10 verse 7 Holy Bible
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
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But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
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But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
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And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy `is' in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Howbeit he meaneth not so. "Assyria," i.e., "does not view the matter in this light - is not aware that she is merely God's instrument in working out his will. On the contrary, it is in her heart to destroy the nations for her own advantage, and she imagines that she is doing it by her own strength."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Howbeit he meaneth not so.--The thoughts which Isaiah puts into the mouth of the Assyrian are exactly in accord with the supreme egotism of the Sargon inscription, "I conquered," "I besieged," "I burnt," "I killed," "I destroyed"; this is the ever-recurring burden, mingled here and there with the boast that he is the champion of the great deities of Assyria, of Ishtar and of Nebo.