xxxiii. 1. _Woe to thee that spoilest, &c._
Dr. Geikie says: As a nation the Assyrians are branded as
treacherous, untruthful, and lawless (Nah. iii. 1; Jonah iii. 8). No
treaty could bind them; might was right; and when interest seemed to
demand it, they "regarded no man" (xxxiii. 8). Their pride was that
of a race which looked on all others as their natural inferiors
(Zeph. ii. 15; Ezek. xxxi. 10, 11; Isa. x. 7-14, xxxvii. 24-28).[1]