⁷ the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing water of the River Euphrates –
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
⁸ It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;^(A)
and its flooded banks^[a]
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!^(B)

⁵ Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger –
the staff in their hands is my wrath.
⁶ I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for my rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,^(A)
and to trample them down like clay^(B) in the streets.