3. Lawmakers, how will you explain the things you have done?What will you do when your destruction comes from far away?Where will you run for help?Where will you hide your money and your riches then?
4. You will have to bow down among the captives.You will fall down among the dead bodies.But the Lord is still angry.His hand is still raised to strike down the people.
5. God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria.I use him like a stick.In anger I use Assyria like a club.
6. I send it to fight against a nation that is separated from God.I am angry with those people.So I command Assyria to fight against them.Assyria will take their wealth from them.Judah will become like dirt for them to walk on in the streets.
7. But Assyria’s king doesn’t understand that I am using him.He doesn’t know he is a tool for me.He only wants to destroy other people.He plans to destroy many nations.
8. The king of Assyria says to himself,‘All of my commanders are like kings.
9. The city Calno is like the city Carchemish.And the city Hamath is like the city Arpad.The city Samaria is like the city Damascus.