14 “For behold, (A)I will raise up against you a nation,
    O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from (B)Lebo-hamath
    to the Brook of (C)the Arabah.”

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14 For the Lord God Almighty declares,
    “I will stir up a nation(A) against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
    from Lebo Hamath(B) to the valley of the Arabah.(C)

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25 (A)He restored the border of Israel (B)from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of (C)the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant (D)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from (E)Gath-hepher.

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25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath(A) to the Dead Sea,[a](B) in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah(C) son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:25 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah

65 So Solomon held (A)the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from (B)Lebo-hamath to (C)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.[a]

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  1. 1 Kings 8:65 Septuagint; Hebrew seven days and seven days, fourteen days

65 So Solomon observed the festival(A) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(B) to the Wadi of Egypt.(C) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

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15 (A)Behold, I am bringing against you
    a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.
It is an enduring nation;
    it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
    (B)nor can you understand what they say.
16 (C)Their quiver is like (D)an open tomb;
    they are all mighty warriors.
17 (E)They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
    they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
    they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your (F)fortified cities in which you trust
    they shall beat down with the sword.”

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15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation(A) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language(B) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.
16 Their quivers(C) are like an open grave;
    all of them are mighty warriors.
17 They will devour(D) your harvests and food,
    devour(E) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(F) your flocks and herds,
    devour your vines and fig trees.(G)
With the sword(H) they will destroy
    the fortified cities(I) in which you trust.(J)

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The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
    for (A)the calf[a] of (B)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
    those who rejoiced over it and (C)over its glory—
    for it has departed[b] from them.

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  1. Hosea 10:5 Or calves
  2. Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile

The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(A) of Beth Aven.[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(D)

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  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

15 “This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from (A)the Great Sea (B)by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to (C)Zedad,[a] 16 (D)Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between (E)Damascus and (F)Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 So the boundary shall run from the sea to (G)Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.[b] This shall be the north side.[c]

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  1. Ezekiel 47:15 Septuagint; Hebrew the entrance of Zedad, Hamath
  2. Ezekiel 47:17 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  3. Ezekiel 47:17 Probable reading; Hebrew and as for the north side

15 “This is to be the boundary of the land:(A)

“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea(B) by the Hethlon road(C) past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, 16 Berothah[a](D) and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath),(E) as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[b] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.(F)

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  1. Ezekiel 47:16 See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16 Hamath, Berothah.
  2. Ezekiel 47:17 Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan

(A)for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the (B)wealth of (C)Damascus and the spoil of (D)Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

The Lord spoke to me again: “Because this people has refused the waters of (E)Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over (F)Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them (G)the waters of (H)the River,[a] mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it (I)will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, (J)reaching even to the neck, and its (K)outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, (L)O Immanuel.”

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  1. Isaiah 8:7 That is, the Euphrates

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)

The Lord spoke to me again:

“Because this people has rejected(D)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(E)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(F)
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(G) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(H) with all his pomp.(I)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(J)
and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(K)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(L) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(M)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

20 In that day (A)the Lord will (B)shave with a razor that is (C)hired beyond (D)the River[a]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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  1. Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates

20 In that day(A) the Lord will use(B) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(C)—the king of Assyria(D)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(E) also.(F)

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The Fall of Israel

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria (A)captured Samaria, (B)and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria (C)and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of (D)Gozan, and in the cities of (E)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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29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, (A)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured (B)Ijon, (C)Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, (D)Kedesh, (E)Hazor, Gilead, and (F)Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

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29 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser(A) king of Assyria came and took Ijon,(B) Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali,(C) and deported(D) the people to Assyria.

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“This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to (A)Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall draw a line (B)to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at (C)Zedad.

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“‘For your northern boundary,(A) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(B) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(C) Then the boundary will go to Zedad,

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Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of my anger;
    the staff in their hands is my fury!
Against a (B)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (C)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (D)tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
I send him against a godless(F) nation,
    I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
    and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.

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