2009-09-18T10:21:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/assyria/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2010:5-19&version=NIV 2009-09-18T10:21:25-05:00 Assyria was a brutal and vicious enemy of Israel in the Old Testament. God used them to punish Israel for her sins, but Assyria itself never turned from its wicked ways, and is condemned by the prophet Isaiah.