Isa 10:6-14, 37:18, Nah 2:11-12, Rev 13:7, 17:2, 18:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder , and to tread them down like the mire of the streets .

Isaiah 10:6-14

6 Against a ^agodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^bspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^ctread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he ^ddoes 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;
8 for he says:
^e“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 ^fIs not ^gCalno like ^hCarchemish?
Is not ⁱHamath like ^jArpad?
^kIs not ^lSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ^mthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ⁿher idols
^oas I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 ^pWhen the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, ^qhe ^{▼▼Hebrew I} will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 ^sFor he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”

Isaiah 37:18

18 Truly, O Lord, ^tthe kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

Nahum 2:11-12

11 Where is the lions’ den,
the feeding place of ^uthe young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with ^vnone to disturb?
12 ^wThe lion tore enough for his cubs
and ^xstrangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.

Revelation of John 13:7

7 Also it was allowed ^yto make war on the saints and to conquer them. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit this sentence} And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

Revelation of John 17:2

2 ^aawith whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ^abwith the wine of whose sexual immorality ^acthe dwellers on earth have become drunk.”

Revelation of John 18:2-3

2 And he called out with a mighty voice,

^ad“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become ^aea dwelling place for demons,
a haunt ^affor every unclean spirit,
a haunt ^agfor every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
3 For all nations have drunk ^{▼▼Some manuscripts fallen by}
^aithe wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and ^ajthe kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and ^akthe merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”