5. “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My angerAnd the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6. I will send him against an ungodly nation,And against the people of My wrathI will give him charge,To seize the spoil, to take the prey,And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7. Yet 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. For he says,‘Are not my princes altogether kings?
9. Is not Calno like Carchemish?Is not Hamath like Arpad?Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10. As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,