For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
Assyria was allowed for a season to serve as God's instrument for punishing His people Judah. That chastening work was strictly limited in time, for the indignation against His people was to cease after yet a very little while. When that brief period ended, God's anger would turn to bring about Assyria's own destruction. That destruction would mean the breaking of Assyrian power and the freeing of Zion from its burden and yoke, so that Assyria would not prevail permanently.
Assyria was allowed for a season to serve as God's instrument for punishing His people Judah. That chastening work was strictly limited in time, for the indignation against His people was to cease after yet a very little while. When that brief period ended, God's anger would turn to bring about Assyria's own destruction. That destruction would mean the breaking of Assyrian power and the freeing of Zion from its burden and yoke, so that Assyria would not prevail permanently.