In Mormon 4:5 we read, “But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked, and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished.” Assyria is an example of this principle. As Assyria punished the wicked nations of Syria and Ephraim in her own wicked indignation, so will God use or allow the wicked nations of today to punish other wicked nations.