Isaiah 10:5-8 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger;the staff in their hands is my fury!

6. Against a godless nation I send him,and against the people of my wrath I command him,to take spoil and seize plunder,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7. But he does not so intend,and his heart does not so think;but it is in his heart to destroy,and to cut off nations not a few;