Yet it does not so intend, nor does its heart think so, but rather to destroy and to cut off nations not a few—Assyria's own intentions diverge fundamentally from the purposes God accomplishes through it. Assyria's ambition is imperial conquest and expansion, not the execution of divine justice; yet God's purposes are accomplished through this conquest nonetheless. This verse articulates a crucial theological principle: God's intentions and human intentions can operate simultaneously with different moral quality and ultimate significance.

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