Yesaya 10:6-7

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.

10:7 But he does not agree with this,

his mind does not reason this way, ⁵ 

for his goal is to destroy,

and to eliminate many nations. ⁶ 

Yesaya 47:6

47:6 I was angry at my people;

I defiled my special possession

and handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy; ⁷ 

you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. ⁸ 

[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.”

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “but he, not so does he intend, and his heart, not so does it think.”

[10:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations, not a few.”

[47:6]  ⁷ tn Or “compassion.”

[47:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”