Isaiah 10:6-14

New International Version

⁶I send him against a godless^(A) nation,
    I dispatch^(B) him against a people who anger me,^(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,^(D)
    and to trample^(E) them down like mud in the streets.
⁷But this is not what he intends,^(F)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
⁸‘Are not my commanders^(G) all kings?’ he says.
⁹    ‘Has not Kalno^(H) fared like Carchemish?^(I)
Is not Hamath^(J) like Arpad,^(K)
    and Samaria^(L) like Damascus?^(M)
¹⁰As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,^(N)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
¹¹shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?^(O)’”

¹²When the Lord has finished all his work^(P) against Mount Zion^(Q) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria^(R) for the willful pride^(S) of his heart and the haughty look^(T) in his eyes. ¹³For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand^(U) I have done this,^(V)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(W)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(X)
¹⁴As one reaches into a nest,^(Y)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(Z) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(AA)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(AB)’”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,

Jeremiah 51:34

New International Version

³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.