Holy Scripture
Isaiah 10:9
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 5 and following) Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hands is my fury. I will send him against a deceitful nation, and I will command him against the people of my wrath, to take the spoil and seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. But he does not understand…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Calno, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?
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7But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.
8And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;
— Isaiah 10:9 —
10As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.
11For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.