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(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 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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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 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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Footnotes

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

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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Footnotes

  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

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

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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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm

For before the boy knows(A) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(B) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(C)

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for the head of Aram is Damascus,(A)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(B)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(C) to be a people.

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11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?

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