Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

5 “Woe to Assyria, gthe rod of My anger

And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

6 I will send him against han ungodly nation,

And against the people of My wrath

I will igive him charge,

To seize the spoil, to take the prey,

And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 jYet he does not mean so,

Nor does his heart think so;

But it is in his heart to destroy,

And cut off not a few nations.

8 kFor he says,

‘Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 Is not lCalno mlike Carchemish?

Is not Hamath like Arpad?

Is not Samaria nlike Damascus?

10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,

Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,

Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has 2performed all His work oon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, p“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”