Isaiah 10:5-12

Common English Bible

⁵ Doom to Assyria, rod of my anger,
    in whose hand is the staff of my fury!
⁶ Against a godless nation I send him;
    against an infuriating people
    I direct him to seize spoil, to steal plunder,
    and to trample them like mud in the streets.
⁷ But he has other plans;
    he schemes in secret;
    destruction is on his mind,
    extermination of nation after nation.
⁸ He says: Aren’t my commanders all kings?
⁹     Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
    Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
    Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
¹⁰ Just as I took control of idolatrous kingdoms
    with more images than Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹     just as I did to Samaria and her false gods,
    won’t I also do this to Jerusalem and her idols?