Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.