11. shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12. When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
13. For he says:“By the strength of my hand I have done it,and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;I remove the boundaries of peoples,and plunder their treasures;like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14. My hand has found like a nestthe wealth of the peoples;and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,so I have gathered all the earth;and there was none that moved a wingor opened the mouth or chirped.”
15. Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it,or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
16. Therefore the Lord God of hostswill send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,and under his glory a burning will be kindled,like the burning of fire.
17. The light of Israel will become a fire,and his Holy One a flame,and it will burn and devourhis thorns and briers in one day.
18. The glory of his forest and of his fruitful landthe Lord will destroy, both soul and body,and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.