Can the axe boast?

12And it will happen that when the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and the splendor of his haughty eyes.

13For he says, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I remove the boundaries of peoples, and I plunder their treasures; like a mighty man I bring down those who sit enthroned.”

14My hand found the wealth of the peoples as one finds a nest; and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth, and there was none that fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped.

15Does the axe boast over the one who chops with it? Or does the saw magnify itself over the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield the one who lifts it up, or as if a staff were to lift up one who is not wood!