send him - “Kings’ hearts are in the hand of the Lord” (Pro 21:1).
hypocritical - polluted [Horsley].
nation - Judah, against whom Sennacherib was forming designs.
of my wrath - objects of My wrath.
give ... charge - (Jer 34:22).
and to tread, etc. - Horsley translates: “And then to make him (the Assyrian) a trampling under foot like the mire of the streets” (so Isa 10:12; Isa 33:1; Zec 10:5). But see Isa 37:26.