25. so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26. This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27. For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28. In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29. You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.