5 God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria.I use him like a stick.In anger I use Assyria like a club.
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.Assyria will take their wealth from them.Judah will become like dirt for them to walk on 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 people.He plans to destroy many nations.
8 The king of Assyria says to himself,‘All of my commanders are like kings.
9 The city Calno is like the city Carchemish.And the city Hamath is like the city Arpad.The city Samaria is like the city Damascus.
10 I defeated those kingdoms that worship idols.And those idols were more than the idols of Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 I defeated Samaria and her idols.So I will also defeat Jerusalem and her idols.’”