15. Does an ax exalt itselfabove the one who chops with it?Does a saw magnify itselfabove the one who saws with it?It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!
16. Therefore the Lord God of Hostswill inflict an emaciating diseaseon the well-fed of Assyria,and He will kindle a burning fireunder its glory.
17. Israel’s Light will become a fire,and its Holy One, a flame. In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
18. He will completely destroythe glory of its forests and orchardsas a sickness consumes a person.