“O Assyrian the Rod of Mine Anger, and the Staff in Their Hand Is Their Indignation”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

The Lord was watching for those who needed punishment, the cities of Israel and Judah as well as other cities the Assyrians had conquered. Compare Amos 9:8: “Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom.” Note also Assyria’s arrogant attitude expressed in 2 Kings 18:33–35. Calno and Carchemish, Hamath and Arpad, Samaria and Damascus are all neighboring kingdoms destroyed by the Assyrians between 740 and 720 b.c.

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