5 Doom to Assyria, rod of my anger,in whose hand is the staff of my fury!
6 Against a godless nation I send him;against an infuriating peopleI direct him to seize spoil, to steal plunder,and to trample them like mud in the streets.
7 But he has other plans;he schemes in secret;destruction is on his mind,extermination of nation after nation.
8 He says: Aren’t my commanders all kings?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
10 Just as I took control of idolatrous kingdomswith more images than Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 just as I did to Samaria and her false gods,won’t I also do this to Jerusalem and her idols?