“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.”
When the LORD has finished all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his lofty eyes—the declaration that Assyria's function as the rod of God's anger is temporary and circumscribed. Once judgment on Judah is complete (or sufficiently accomplished), Assyria itself becomes subject to judgment for exceeding its mandate and for pursuing its own imperial ambitions. This establishes the principle that instruments of judgment answer to the one who wielded them.
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