3 And what will you do in the day of punishmentand in the desolation which shall come from afar?To whom will you flee for help,and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to bow down among the prisoners,and they shall fall among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away,and His hand is stretched out still.
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 wrath I will give him a command,to seize the plunder, to take the prey,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 However he does not so intend,nor does he plan so in his heart;but his purpose is to destroyand to cut off many nations.
8 For he says, “Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Kalno as Carchemish?Is not Hamath as Arpad?Is not Samaria as Damascus?