Isaiah 10:5-12 ▼

5 Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger.

6 Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him To seize plunder, carry off loot, and to trample them like the mud of the street.

7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; Rather, it is in his heart to destroy, to make an end of not a few nations.

8 For he says, “Are not my commanders all kings?”

9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?

10 Just as my hand reached out to idolatrous kingdoms that had more images than Jerusalem and Samaria—

11 Just as I treated Samaria and her idols, shall I not do to Jerusalem and her graven images?”

12 But when the LORD has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria’s proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes.