6
I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.
7
But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and to destroy nations not a few.
8
And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;
9
then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?
10
As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.