Isaiah:10:5-16

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* Ho , Assyrian , the rod of my anger , the staff in whose hand is my indignation ! * I will send him against a profane nation , and against the people of my wrath . I will give him a charge , to take the spoil , and to take the prey , and to tread them down like the mire of the streets . * However he does not so reason , nor does his heart so think , but it is in his heart to destroy , and to cut off nations not a few . * For he says , Are not my rulers all of them kings ? * Is not Calno as Carchemish ? Is not Hamath as Arpad ? Is not Samaria as Damascus ? * As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols , whose graven images excelled those of Jerusalem and of Samaria , * shall I not , as I have done to Samaria and her idols , so do to Jerusalem and her idols ? * Therefore it shall come to pass , that , when LORD has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem , I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria , and the glory of his high looks . * For he has said , By the strength of my hand I have done it , and by my wisdom , for I have understanding . And I have removed the bounds of the peoples , and have robbed their treasures . And like a valiant man I have brought down those * And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples . And like a gathering of eggs that are forsaken , I have gathered all the earth . And there was none that moved the wing , or that opened the mouth , or chirped . * Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it ? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it ? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up , [or ] as if a staff should lift up [him who is ] not wood . * Therefore will the Lord , LORD of hosts , send among his fat ones , leanness , and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire .

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