24 The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise:“These things will happen exactly as I planned them;they will happen exactly as I set them up.
25 I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country;I will trample him on my mountains.He placed a heavy load on my people,but that weight will be removed.
26 “This is what I plan to do for all the earth.And this is the hand that I have raised over all nations.”
27 When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan,no one can stop it.When the Lord raises his hand to punish people,no one can stop it.
28 This message was given in the year that King Ahaz died:
29 Country of Philistia, don’t be happythat the king who struck you is now dead.He is like a snake that will give birth to another dangerous snake.The new king will be like a quick, dangerous snake to bite you.
30 Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely,and people in need will be able to lie down in safety.But I will kill your family with hunger,and all your people who are left will die.