¹⁴ In the evening, sudden^(A) terror!^(B)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(C)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

³¹ The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(A)
    with his rod he will strike^(B) them down.

⁸ “Assyria^(A) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour^(B) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.^(C)

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(B)
    the tall^(C) ones will be brought low.^(D)

²⁵ I will crush the Assyrian^(A) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(B) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(C)”

⁵ But your many enemies will become like fine dust,^(A)
    the ruthless^(B) hordes like blown chaff.^(C)
Suddenly,^(D) in an instant,