24. The Lord of hosts has sworn:As I have resolved,so shall it be;As I have planned,so shall it stand:
25. To break the Assyrian in my landand trample him on my mountains;Then his yoke shall be removed from them,and his burden from their shoulder.
26. This is the plan proposed for the whole earth,and this the hand outstretched over all the nations.
27. The Lord of hosts has planned;who can thwart him?His hand is stretched out;who can turn it back?
28. In the year that King Ahaz died, there came this oracle: