7. He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.
8. The king of Assyria says:My army commanders are kings!
9. They have already captured the cities of Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus.
10-11. The gods of Jerusalem and Samaria are weaker than the gods of those powerful nations. And I will destroy Jerusalem, together with its gods and idols, just as I did Samaria.
12. The Lord will do what he has planned against Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Then he will punish the proud and boastful king of Assyria,
13. who says:I did these things by my own power because I am clever and wise. I attacked kings like a wild bull, and I took the land and the treasures of their nations.
14. I have conquered the whole world! And it was easier than taking eggs from an unguarded nest. No one even flapped a wing or made a cheep.
15. King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?