'Countries' in the Bible

"Band together, you nations, but be shattered! Listen, all you distant countries! Strap on your armor, but be shattered.

Who among all the gods of these countries has delivered their land from me? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from me?'"

Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, dooming them to destruction. So do you think you will be saved?

It is true, LORD, that Assyrian kings have devastated all these countries,