24. The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25. so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26. This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27. For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28. In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given: