“‘By the strength of my hand^(F) I have done this,^(G)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(H)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(I)
14 As one reaches into a nest,^(J)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(K) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(L)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(M)’”

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(N)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(O) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(P) upon his sturdy warriors;^(Q)
under his pomp^(R) a fire^(S) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(T)
    their Holy One^(U) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(V) and his briers.^(W)
18 The splendor of his forests^(X) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(Y)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(Z) will be so few^(AA)
    that a child could write them down.

“Surely, as I have planned,^(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(C)

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)”

³¹ The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(A)
    with his rod he will strike^(B) them down.
³² Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club^(C)
will be to the music of timbrels^(D) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.^(E)
33 Topheth^(F) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath^(G) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,^(H)
    sets it ablaze.^(I)

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)

⁹ Their stronghold^(A) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(B) their commanders will panic,^(C)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(D) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(E) is in Jerusalem.

¹¹ They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.^(A)
Assyria’s pride^(B) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter^(C) will pass away.^(D)