And ships from the hand of Kittim, and they shall afflict Ashur, and shall afflict Ever; and he too shall come to destruction.
Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 106a — Rav on the stages of affliction.
English: Rav said: [This refers to] Libon Aspur; “and they shall afflict Ashur and afflict Ever” — until Ashur they kill outright; from there on they subjugate with subjugation.
Historical staging of the verse’s successive afflictions.
The prophecy distinguishes total destruction up to Ashur from later political subjugation — both ends of the same line of ships from Kittim.