Isa 10:5-7, Eze 14:9, 20:25 | ESV | STEP | Woe to Assyria , the rod of my anger ; the staff in their hands is my fury !

Isaiah 10:5-7

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.
7 But he ^edoes not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;

Ezekiel 14:9

9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, ^fI, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 20:25

25 ^gMoreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life,