6 I sent him against a godless nation,I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry,to take plunder and to carry away loot,to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
7 But he does not agree with this,his mind does not reason this way,for his goal is to destroy,and to eliminate many nations.
8 Indeed, he says:“Are not my officials all kings?
9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?Hamath like Arpad?Samaria like Damascus?
10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols,whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s.
11 As I have done to Samaria and its idols,so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”
12 But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.