^{6 Ref} 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.

^{7 Ref} 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 Ref} For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

^{9 Ref} Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

^{10 Ref} As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

^{11 Ref} Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

^{12 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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.