11 (A)Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them (B)in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

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11 The king(A) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.(B)

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26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (A)Pul king of Assyria, that is, (B)Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to (C)Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:26 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit(A) of Pul(B) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser(C) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,(D) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

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12 Have the (A)gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

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12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors(A) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,(B) Rezeph and the people of Eden(C) who were in Tel Assar?

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(A)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and (B)carried Israel away to Assyria, (C)and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria(A) captured Samaria(B) and deported(C) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan(D) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

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43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (A)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’

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43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[a](A) beyond Babylon.

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  1. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)

25 “Did(A) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] (B)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity (C)beyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, (D)whose name is the God of hosts.

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  1. Amos 5:26 LXX, Vg. tabernacle of Moloch
  2. Amos 5:26 A pagan deity

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices(A) and offerings
    forty years(B) in the wilderness, people of Israel?
26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king,
    the pedestal of your idols,(C)
    the star of your god[a]
    which you made for yourselves.
27 Therefore I will send you into exile(D) beyond Damascus,”
    says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.(E)

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  1. Amos 5:26 Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molek / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols

(A)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—

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Seek(A) the Lord and live,(B)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(C)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(D) will have no one to quench it.(E)

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A Lament for Israel

Hear this word which I (A)take up against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel:

The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.

For thus says the Lord God:

“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

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A Lament and Call to Repentance

Hear this word, Israel, this lament(A) I take up concerning you:

“Fallen is Virgin(B) Israel,
    never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
    with no one to lift her up.(C)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
    will have only a hundred left;
your town that marches out a hundred strong
    will have only ten left.(D)

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They shall not dwell in (A)the Lord’s land,
(B)But Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
And (C)shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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They will not remain(A) in the Lord’s land;
    Ephraim will return to Egypt(B)
    and eat unclean food in Assyria.(C)

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(A)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(B)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (C)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (D)has hired lovers.

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Israel is swallowed up;(A)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(B)
For they have gone up to Assyria(C)
    like a wild donkey(D) wandering alone.
    Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(E)

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11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”

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11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(A)’”

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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

“Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

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All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,
12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is [a]stretched out still.

13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush (A)in one day.
15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For (B)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord (C)will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks [b]folly.

(D)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness (E)burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
(F)The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
(G)No man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall [c]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
(H)And not be satisfied;
(I)Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be (J)against Judah.

(K)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:12 In judgment
  2. Isaiah 9:17 foolishness
  3. Isaiah 9:20 slice off or tear

All the people will know it—
    Ephraim(A) and the inhabitants of Samaria(B)
who say with pride
    and arrogance(C) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(D)
the fig(E) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(F)
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(G) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(H) from the east and Philistines(I) from the west
    have devoured(J) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger(K) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(L)

13 But the people have not returned(M) to him who struck(N) them,
    nor have they sought(O) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed(P) in a single day;(Q)
15 the elders(R) and dignitaries(S) are the head,
    the prophets(T) who teach lies(U) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(V) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.(W)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(X)
    nor will he pity(Y) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(Z) and wicked,(AA)
    every mouth speaks folly.(AB)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(AC)

18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(AD)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(AE)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(AF)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(AG) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(AH)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(AI)
    they will not spare one another.(AJ)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(AK)
on the left they will eat,(AL)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:
21     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(AM)
    together they will turn against Judah.(AN)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(AO)

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm