O Assyrian. Not woe to the Assyrian. That woe comes later (Compare Isaiah 17:12, and Isaiah 33:1), after the latest woes on Ephraim and Judah. This is. Divine summons.
Assyrian. The monuments tell us that this was Sargon, the father of Sennacherib.
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Isaiah 10:5
5 Ob Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.