Isaiah 10:5-11

⁵Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!

⁶I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.

⁷But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in mind. What he wants to do is to destroy and eliminate many nations.

⁸He says: “All my commanders are kings!

⁹We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.

¹⁰I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.

¹¹Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”