That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Assyrian. 4 Kings xix. (Worthington)
Sennacherib, (St. Jerome) Cambyses, or Holofernes. The sight of their chastisement would be an earnest of the fall of Babylon. (Calmet)
The allies of Assyria, (Menochius) or the enemies of God's people, will also be punished, chap. xv. (Haydock)
