(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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Then the Lord said to him:

“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
(A)I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
(B)And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel,(A) because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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(A)The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:
“Behold, the days shall come upon you
When He will take you away (B)with fishhooks,
And your posterity with fishhooks.

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The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:
    “The time(A) will surely come
when you will be taken away(B) with hooks,(C)
    the last of you with fishhooks.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:2 Or away in baskets, / the last of you in fish baskets