Isaiah 10:5-7

New Catholic Bible

^{5     [a]}Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger;
    the club in their hands is my fury.
⁶ Against a godless people I send him forth,
    against a nation who aroused my wrath,
commanding him to pillage and plunder
    and to trample on them like mud in the street.
⁷ But this is not his intention,
    nor does he have this in mind.
His only thought is complete destruction
    and to liquidate as many nations as possible.