Nations are in the hands of God

"All nations are in the hands of YHWH, the living God. Their victories too are not to be attributed to their own gods but rather the sovereignty of YHWH. And sometimes God may use a nation, any nation, as the agent of historical justice in the arena of international affairs. That in itself does not make the nation so used any more righteous than another (as Israel were categorically told). All it means is that God remains sovereign." Christopher Wright, The Mission of God, 460