10:12 But when 1 the sovereign master 2 finishes judging 3 Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I 4 will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. 5 10:13 For he says:
“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations, 6
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror, 7 I brought down rulers. 8
10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,
as one gathers up abandoned eggs,
I gathered up the whole earth.
There was no wing flapping,
or open mouth chirping.” 9
10:15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it,
or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? 10
As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it,
or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
10:16 For this reason 11 the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. 12 His majestic glory will go up in smoke. 13
10:17 The light of Israel 14 will become a fire,
their Holy One 15 will become a flame;
it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s 16 briers
and his thorns in one day.
10:18 The splendor of his forest and his orchard
will be completely destroyed, 17
as when a sick man’s life ebbs away. 18
10:19 There will be so few trees left in his forest,
a child will be able to count them. 19