5. Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger —the staff in their hands is My wrath.
6. I will send him against a godless nation;I will command him to goagainst a people destined for My rage,to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
7. But this is not what he intends;this is not what he plans.It is his intent to destroyand to cut off many nations.
8. For he says,“Aren’t all my commanders kings?