¹⁹ to those who say,
“Let him hurry up and do his work quickly
so that we can see it!
Let the plan^(A) of the Holy One of Israel^(B) take place
so that we can know it!”

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.

As I have purposed, so it will be;
as I have planned it, so it will happen.^(A)
25 I will break Assyria^(B) in my land;
I will tread him down on my mountain.
Then his yoke will be taken from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.
²⁶ This is the plan^(C) prepared
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand stretched out
against all the nations.

¹¹ I call a bird of prey^[a] from the east,^(A)
a man for my purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.^(B)
I have planned it; I will also do it.

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.^[a](A)