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However he doesn`t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
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God's Purpose vs. Man's Plan
Commentators unanimously highlight a profound truth here: God is sovereignly using the Assyrian king as His instrument of judgment, but the king is acting on his own free, wicked will. God's intention is to discipline His people, while the king's intention is purely conquest and destruction. This verse powerfully illustrates how God can overrule the evil plans of humanity to accomplish His own righteous purposes without violating human agency.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
However, he does not mean so – It is not his purpose to be the instrument in God's hand for executing His designs. He has a different …
19th Century
Anglican
However, he does not mean so. —The thoughts which Isaiah puts into the mouth of the Assyrian are exactly in accord with the suprem…
16th Century
Protestant
Yet he will not think so. When wicked men vomit out their rage, they disturb weak minds, as if it were not in God's power to restrain thei…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Howbeit he means not so, neither does his heart think so, &c.] His purposes, intentions, and thoughts, were not as t…
See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. Go…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…
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