10:8 Indeed, 1 he says:
“Are not my officials all kings?
10:9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?
Hamath like Arpad?
Samaria like Damascus? 2
10:10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, 3
whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s 4 or Samaria’s.
10:11 As I have done to Samaria and its idols,
so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.” 5
10:12 But when 6 the sovereign master 7 finishes judging 8 Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I 9 will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. 10 10:13 For he says:
“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations, 11
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror, 12 I brought down rulers. 13