Isaiah:10:5-12
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O Assyrian ,
the rod of mine anger ,
and the staff in their hand is mine indignation .
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I will send him against an hypocritical nation ,
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 .
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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 .
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For he saith ,
Are not my princes altogether kings ?
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Is not Calno as Carchemish ?
is not Hamath as Arpad ?
is not Samaria as Damascus ?
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As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols ,
and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ;
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Shall I not ,
as I have done unto Samaria and her idols ,
so do to Jerusalem and her idols ?
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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 .