⁵ Ah, Assyria, ^(A)the rod of my anger;
    the staff in their hands is my fury!

¹⁵ Shall ^(A)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!