“I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.”
I send it against an ungodly nation and against the people of My wrath I send it, to seize spoil and take plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets—the clarification that God's use of Assyria is directed specifically toward judging Israel and Judah. Yet the viciousness of Assyria's methods (treading down like mire) exceeds what justice requires, suggesting that the instrument of judgment, in fulfilling its function, is simultaneously acting according to its own sinful nature. This establishes the principle that God's sovereignty does not render human actions morally neutral.
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