5 “Woe to Assyria, ^athe rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation. ‡

6 I will send him against ^aan ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will ^bgive him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets. ‡

8 ^aFor he says,
‘Are not my princes altogether kings? ‡

9 Is not ^aCalno ^blike Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria ^clike Damascus? ‡