8 But with an[3] overwhelming flood [of judgment through invading armies] He will make a complete destruction of[4] its site And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

9 Whatever [plot] you [Assyrians] devise against the LORD, He will make a complete end of it; Affliction [of God's people by the hand of Assyria] will not occur twice.

10 Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel], And like those drowned in drunkenness, [5] The people of Nineveh are consumed [through fire] Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord's wrath].