2 Nephi 20:6

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6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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apostate nation/people of my wrath. Israel’s inhabitants have become like their neighbors, Assyria and Egypt; they are profane, ritually unclean, impure, and unworthy to worship in God’s dwelling place, the temple. They have apostatized from the truth and are the people of [God’s] wrath.

to take the spoil/to take the prey. Spoil and prey refer to the prophetic name Maher-shalal-hash-baz, suggesting that Isaiah’s earlier prophecy regarding his son (8:1-4) finds at least partial fulfillment in Assyria’s capturing and plundering of Israel.

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