5 The Lord says:I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria as a club
6 to beat down you godless people. I am angry with you, and I will send him to attack you. He will take what he wants and walk on you like mud in the streets.
7 He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.
8 The king of Assyria says:My army commanders are kings!
9 They have already captured the cities of Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus.
10-11 The gods of Jerusalem and Samaria are weaker than the gods of those powerful nations. And I will destroy Jerusalem, together with its gods and idols, just as I did Samaria.
12 The Lord will do what he has planned against Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Then he will punish the proud and boastful king of Assyria,