6. I send it to fight against a nation that is separated from God.I am angry with those people,so I command Assyria to fight against them,to take their wealth from them,to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
7. But Assyria’s king doesn’t understand that I am using him;he doesn’t know he is a tool for me.He only wants to destroy other peopleand to defeat many nations.
8. The king of Assyria says to himself,‘All of my commanders are like kings.