4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain: For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian , the rod of mine anger , and the staff in their hand is mine indignati∣on .
6 I will send him against an hypocritical na∣tion, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets .
7 Howbeit, he meaneth not so , neither doth his heart think so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few .
8 For he † saith, Are not my Princes alto∣gether kings ?
9 Is not Calno, as Carchemish ? is not Ha∣math, as Arpad ? is not Samaria as Damascus ?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols , and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem, and of Samaria:
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols ?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LORD hath performed his whole work , upon mount Zion, and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks .
13 For he saith , By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures , and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left , have I gathered all the earth , and there was none that moved the Wing, or opened the mouth or peeped .
15 Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it? as if the rod