Isaiah 10:14-16

New Century Version

¹⁴I have taken the riches of all these people,
    like a person reaching into a bird’s nest.
I have taken these nations,
    like a person taking eggs.
Not one raised a hand
    or opened its mouth to stop me.”

¹⁵An ax is not better than the person who swings it.
    A saw is not better than the one who uses it.
A stick cannot control the person who picks it up.
    A club cannot pick up the person!
¹⁶So the Lord God All-Powerful
    will send a terrible disease upon Assyria’s soldiers.
The strength of Assyria will be burned up
    like a fire burning until everything is gone.