So the king of Assyria listened to him(A) and marched up to Damascus and captured it.(B) He deported its people to Kir(C) but put Rezin to death.

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I will break down the gates[a](A) of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.(B)
The Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Lit gate bars

Announcement of Judgment

Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to me?(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,[a](B)
and the Arameans from Kir?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 Probably Crete

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