Isa 10:7-11, 37:24-25, Mic 2:13 | ESV | STEP | But he does 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 ;

Isaiah 10:7-11

7 But he ^adoes 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:
^b“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 ^cIs not ^dCalno like ^eCarchemish?
Is not ^fHamath like ^gArpad?
^hIs not ⁱSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ^jthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^kher idols
^las I have done to Samaria and her images?”

Isaiah 37:24-25

24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, ^mWith my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
ⁿto cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
all ^othe streams ^pof Egypt.

Micah 2:13

13 ^qHe who opens the breach goes up before them;
they break through and pass the gate,
^rgoing out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
^sthe Lord at their head.