Isaiah 10:5-17

5Woe to 1Assyria, the 2rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is 3My indignation,6I send it against a 4godless nation And commission it against the 5people of My fury To capture booty and 6to seize plunder, And to 7trample them down like 8mud in the streets.7Yet it 9does not so intend, Nor does 10it plan so in its heart, But rather it is 11its purpose to destroy And to cut off 12many nations.8For it says, “Are not my princes 13all kings?9Is not 14Calno like 15Carchemish, Or 16Hamath like Arpad, Or 17Samaria like 18Damascus?10As my hand has reached to the 19kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11Shall I not 20do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and 21her idols?”

12So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His 22work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will 23punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and 24the pomp of 25his haughtiness.” 13For 26he has said, “By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I 27removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down 28their inhabitants,14And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a 29nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

15Is the 30axe to 31boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like 32a 33club wielding those who lift it, Or like 34a rod lifting him who is not wood.16Therefore the Lord, the 35God of hosts, will send a 36wasting disease among his 37stout warriors; And under his 38glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.17And the 39light of Israel will become a fire and his 40Holy One a flame, And it will 41burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.