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You will have to bow down among the captives.
    You will fall down among the dead bodies.

But the Lord is still angry.
    His hand is still raised to strike down the people.

God Will Punish Assyria

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria.
    I use him like a stick.
    In anger I use Assyria like a club.
I send it to fight against a nation that is separated from God.
    I am angry with those people.
    So I command Assyria to fight against them.
Assyria will take their wealth from them.
    Judah will become like dirt for them to walk on in the streets.

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Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(A)
    or fall among the slain.(B)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(C)
    his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(D) to the Assyrian,(E) the rod(F) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(G) of my wrath!(H)
I send him against a godless(I) nation,
    I dispatch(J) him against a people who anger me,(K)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(L)
    and to trample(M) them down like mud in the streets.

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