⁵^*The Lord said, “Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry. ⁶^*I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample on the people like dirt in the streets.”

⁷^*But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations. ⁸^*He boasts, “Every one of my commanders is a king! ⁹^*I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus. ¹⁰^*I stretched out my hand to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria. ¹¹^*I have destroyed Samaria and all its idols, and I will do the same to Jerusalem and the images that are worshipped there.”

¹²^*But the Lord says, “When I finish what I am doing on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the emperor of Assyria for all his boasting and all his pride.”

¹³^*The emperor of Assyria boasts, “I have done it all myself. I am strong and wise and clever. I wiped out the boundaries between nations and took the supplies they had stored. Like a bull I have trampled on the people who live there.

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Cross references

*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15
*10.5–34: Is 14:24–27; Nh 1:1–3:19; Zep 2:13–15