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And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

Wo [to] Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand [is] Mine indignation.

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What will you do on the day of reckoning,(A)
    when disaster(B) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(C)
    Where will you leave your riches?
Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(D)
    or fall among the slain.(E)

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

God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(G) to the Assyrian,(H) the rod(I) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(J) of my wrath!(K)

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