4. You will stumble along as prisonersor lie among the dead.But even then the lord’s anger will not be satisfied.His fist is still poised to strike.
5. “What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger.I use it as a club to express my anger.
6. I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,against a people with whom I am angry.Assyria will plunder them,trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
7. But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;his mind does not work that way.His plan is simply to destroy,to cut down nation after nation.