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But heוְהוּאdoes notלֹאimagineיְדַמֶּהit so,כֵןand his heartוּלְבָבוֹdoes notלֹאplanיַחְשֹׁבso;כֵןforכִּיto destroyלְהַשְׁמִידis in his heart,בִּלְבָבוֹand to cut offוּלְהַכְרִיתnationsגּוֹיִםnotלֹאa few.מְעָט
Isaiah 10:7
Study it in the app“But he does not imagine it so, and his heart does not plan so; for to destroy is in his heart, and to cut off nations not a few.”
God uses Assyria as a rod, but Assyria does not see it that wayProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 10:7, word by word
- imagineיְדַמֶּהyedame
imagine
To form an idea in the mind, or devise a plan.
Where else “yedame” appears- and his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- planיַחְשֹׁבyachshov
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “yachshov” appears- to destroyהַשְׁמִידhashmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appears- and to cut offהַכְרִיתhachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- a fewמְעָטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears
The context
6Against a godless nation I send it, and against the people of my fury I command it, to take spoil and to seize plunder, and to make it a thing trampled like the mud of the streets.
7 · This verse (above)
8For he says, “Are not my princes all kings?