Isaiah 10:4-11

4Nothing remains but to crouch 1among the 2captives Or fall 3among the 4slain. 5In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

5Woe to 6Assyria, the 7rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is 8My indignation,6I send it against a 9godless nation And commission it against the 10people of My fury To capture booty and 11to seize plunder, And to 12trample them down like 13mud in the streets.7Yet it 14does not so intend, Nor does 15it plan so in its heart, But rather it is 16its purpose to destroy And to cut off 17many nations.8For it says, “Are not my princes 18all kings?9Is not 19Calno like 20Carchemish, Or 21Hamath like Arpad, Or 22Samaria like 23Damascus?10As my hand has reached to the 24kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11Shall I not 25do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and 26her idols?”