Discovery BoxIsaiah 10:6 
Context10:6 I sent him 1 against a godless 2 nation,
I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, 3
to take plunder and to carry away loot,
to trample them down 4 like dirt in the streets.
Isaiah 60:22
Context60:22 The least of you will multiply into 5 a thousand;
the smallest of you will become a large nation.
When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!” 6
Isaiah 65:1
Context65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 7
I appeared to those who did not look for me. 8
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that did not invoke 9 my name.
1 sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).
2 tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”
3 tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”
4 tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”
5 tn Heb “will become” (so NASB, NIV).
6 tn Heb “I, the Lord, in its time, I will quickly do it.”
7 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
8 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
9 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”
