⁵ Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
    and the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
⁶ I will send him against an ungodly nation,
    and against the people of My wrath I will give him a command,
to seize the plunder, to take the prey,
    and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
⁷ However he does not so intend,
    nor does he plan so in his heart;
but his purpose is to destroy
    and to cut off many nations.