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Nothing will be left to do but to bow down among those who are being taken to prison, or fall among those who are killed. Even with all this, His anger does not turn away. His hand is still held out.

Assyria Used to Punish Israel

It is bad for Assyria. I use Assyria like a stick to punish Israel. I sent it against a nation without God, against the people of My anger. I sent it to take away the riches of battle, and to step hard on the people like dirt 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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