5. Doom to Assyria, rod of my anger,in whose hand is the staff of my fury!
6. Against a godless nation I send him;against an infuriating peopleI direct him to seize spoil, to steal plunder,and to trample them like mud in the streets.
7. But he has other plans;he schemes in secret;destruction is on his mind,extermination of nation after nation.
8. He says: Aren’t my commanders all kings?
9. Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?