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?
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idolswhose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols,so do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
12 When the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks.”
13 For he says: “By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom,I have done it, for I am prudent;and I have removed the bounds of the people,and have robbed their treasures,and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.