NSB(i)
5 »How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.
6 »I send him against a godless nation. I commission him against the people of my fury to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud (clay) in the streets.
7 »But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.
8 »He boasts: ‘Every one of my commanders is a king!
9 »‘Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10 »‘As my hand took hold of the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose carved images were greater then those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 »‘As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?’