Isaiah 10:7
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But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

he meaneth

Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Micah 4:11,12 Be in pain and labour, O daughter of Sion, as a woman that bringeth forth: for now shalt thou go out of the city, and shalt dwell in the country, and shalt come even to Babylon, there thou shalt be delivered: there the Lord will redeem thee out of the hand of thy enemies. . . .

Acts 2:23 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

in his heart

Isaiah 36:18-20 Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians? . . .

Isaiah 37:11-13 Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered? . . .

Context
Judgment on Assyria
6I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.8For he shall say:…
Cross References
Acts 2:23
This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it.

Genesis 50:20
You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Isaiah 10:8
For he shall say:

Isaiah 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrians founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have, brought it to ruin.

Ezekiel 29:20
And for the service that he hath done me against it: I have given him the land of Egypt, because he hath laboured for me, saith the Lord God.

Micah 4:11
Be in pain and labour, O daughter of Sion, as a woman that bringeth forth: for now shalt thou go out of the city, and shalt dwell in the country, and shalt come even to Babylon, there thou shalt be delivered: there the Lord will redeem thee out of the hand of thy enemies.

Micah 4:12
And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion.

Nahum 1:11
Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

Lexicon
But this
וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

what
כֵ֣ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

he intends;
יְדַמֶּ֔ה (yə·ḏam·meh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider

this is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

what
כֵ֣ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

he plans.
יַחְשֹׁ֑ב (yaḥ·šōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2803: To think, account

His purpose
וּלְבָב֖וֹ (ū·lə·ḇā·ḇōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

is to destroy
לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד (lə·haš·mîḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed

and cut off
וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית (ū·lə·haḵ·rîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

many
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

nations.
גּוֹיִ֖ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


Additional Translations
But this is not what he intends; this is not what he plans. His purpose is to destroy and cut off many nations.However, he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

But 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.

But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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.

And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.
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