If you read all of Isaiah 10, you will realize what God is saying: that He sent Assyria, but that Assyria did not stop at what the Lord sent them to do and has refused to acknowledge the Lord, and it is for THAT reason that the Lord has decreed the end to Assyria.
Unlike the Calvinism you are presenting, the Lord is very clear about what He is doing and why. Here:
Isaiah 10, in part:
Woe to the Asssyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT HE INTENDS,
THIS IS NOT HWAT HE HAS IN MIND;
HIS PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY,
TO PUT AN END TO MANY NATIONS.
'Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
'Has not Calno fared like Carchimish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria --
shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?'
When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say "I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. For he says:
'By the strength of my hand I have done this,
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of the nations,
I plundered their treasures;
like a mighty one I subdued their kings...'
...Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it,
or the saw boast against him who uses it?...
And what continues indicates the Lord's punishment of Assyria.
In other words, the Lord never punished Assyria for doing what the Lord had commanded them to do, but for other things. No double talk there.
You need to read it all, Russell55. Bible explains Bible.
You might also note that the King of Assyria certainly had a will of his own. He not only did as the Lord commanded, but he chose to do a lot else instead! The clear message here for Calvinists is that the Lord had NOT ordained what He was punishing Assyria for! For the difference between what the Lord had ordained and what Assyria did and would be punished for is very clear in Isaiah 10. Thank you for bringing it up!
Unlike the Calvinism you are presenting, the Lord is very clear about what He is doing and why. Here:
Isaiah 10, in part:
Woe to the Asssyrian, the rod of my anger,
in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
I send him against a godless nation,
I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT HE INTENDS,
THIS IS NOT HWAT HE HAS IN MIND;
HIS PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY,
TO PUT AN END TO MANY NATIONS.
'Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
'Has not Calno fared like Carchimish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad,
and Samaria like Damascus?
As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria --
shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?'
When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say "I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. For he says:
'By the strength of my hand I have done this,
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of the nations,
I plundered their treasures;
like a mighty one I subdued their kings...'
...Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it,
or the saw boast against him who uses it?...
And what continues indicates the Lord's punishment of Assyria.
In other words, the Lord never punished Assyria for doing what the Lord had commanded them to do, but for other things. No double talk there.
You need to read it all, Russell55. Bible explains Bible.
You might also note that the King of Assyria certainly had a will of his own. He not only did as the Lord commanded, but he chose to do a lot else instead! The clear message here for Calvinists is that the Lord had NOT ordained what He was punishing Assyria for! For the difference between what the Lord had ordained and what Assyria did and would be punished for is very clear in Isaiah 10. Thank you for bringing it up!