2Sa 24:1, 2Ch 33:11, Ezr 1:5, Isa 10:5-6, 13:2-5 | ESV | STEP | , Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he incited David against them, saying , Go , number Israel and Judah .

2 Samuel 24:1

David’s Census

1 ^a, ^bAgain the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ^c“Go, number Israel and Judah.”

2 Chronicles 33:11

11 ^dTherefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and ^ebound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon.

Ezra 1:5

5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, ^feveryone whose spirit ^gGod had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:5-6

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

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

Isaiah 13:2-5

2 On a bare hill ^lraise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^mthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones. ^{▼▼Or those who exult in my majesty}
4 The sound ^oof a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
^pThe Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 ^qThey come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land. ^{▼▼Or earth; also verse 9}