“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations, 1
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror, 2 I brought down rulers. 3
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.” 4
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? 5
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 6 the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. 7 His majestic glory will go up in smoke. 8
10:17 The light of Israel 9 will become a fire,
their Holy One 10 will become a flame;
it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s 11 briers
and his thorns in one day.