Isa 10:5-6, 44:28 | ESV | STEP | Woe to Assyria , the rod of my anger ; the staff in their hands is my fury !

Isaiah 10:5-6

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^athe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a ^bgodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^cspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^dtread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 44:28

28 who says of ^eCyrus, ‘He is ^fmy shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
^gand of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”