Isaiah 10:5-13

5Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

6Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

8for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?

9Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

10As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?"

12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

13For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.