15. King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?
16. The mighty Lord All-Powerful will send a terrible disease to strike down your army, and you will burn with fever under your royal robes.
17. The holy God, who is the light of Israel, will turn into a fire, and in one day you will go up in flames, just like a thorn bush.
18. The Lord will make your beautiful forests and fertile fields slowly rot.
19. There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.
20. A time is coming when the survivors from Israel and Judah will completely depend on the holy Lord of Israel, instead of the nation that defeated them.
21-22. There were as many people as there are grains of sand along the seashore, but only a few will survive to come back to Israel's mighty God. This is because he has threatened to destroy their nation, just as they deserve.
23. The Lord All-Powerful has promised that everyone on this earth will be punished.
24. Now the Lord God All-Powerful says to his people in Jerusalem:The Assyrians will beat you with sticks and abuse you, just as the Egyptians did. But don't be afraid of them.