6. Against a godless nation I send him,and against the people of my wrath I command him,to take spoil and seize plunder,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7. But he does not so intend,and his heart does not so think;but it is in his heart to destroy,and to cut off nations not a few;
8. for he says: “Are not my commanders all kings?
9. Is not Calno like Carchemish?Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10. As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11. shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?”