O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their*** hand is mine indignation. [6] I (THE LORD ) will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I (THE LORD)give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the( mire) of the streets. [7] Howbeit he(O ASSYRAIN MUSLEM) meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.