Isaiah 10:5-13

5“How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is the staff in the Assyrians’ hands.

6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.

7But that’s not what they intend to do. Their minds don’t work that way. Their purpose is to destroy and put an end to many nations.

8They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings?

9Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?’

10My power has reached kingdoms which have idols. They had more carved statues than Jerusalem or Samaria.

11I will do to Jerusalem and its idols what I’ve done to Samaria and its idols.”

12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.

13The king will say, “I did this with my own two powerful hands. I did this with my wisdom, because I am so clever. I’ve eliminated the boundaries of nations. I’ve looted treasuries. I’ve brought down people like a mighty man.