14 “But, behold, (A)I will raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,”
Says the Lord God of hosts;
“And they will afflict you from the (B)entrance of Hamath
To the Valley of 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 He (A)restored the [a]territory of Israel (B)from the entrance of Hamath to (C)the[b] Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant (D)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from (E)Gath Hepher.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:25 border
  2. 2 Kings 14:25 The Dead Sea

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

65 At that time Solomon held (A)a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from (B)the entrance of Hamath to (C)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, (D)seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.

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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 Behold, I will bring a (A)nation against you (B)from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
16 Their quiver is like an open tomb;
They are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up your (C)harvest and your bread,
Which your sons and daughters should eat.
They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
They shall destroy your fortified cities,
In which you trust, 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 fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.

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  1. Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
  2. Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests

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 border of the land on the north: from the Great Sea, by (A)the road to Hethlon, as one goes to (B)Zedad, 16 (C)Hamath, (D)Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran). 17 Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to (E)Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

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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 child [a]shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ (B)the riches of Damascus and the [b]spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:

“Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of (C)Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice (D)in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [c]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [d]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(E)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [e]fill the breadth of Your land, O (F)Immanuel.[f]

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  1. Isaiah 8:4 knows how
  2. Isaiah 8:4 plunder
  3. Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
  4. Isaiah 8:7 Overflow
  5. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
  6. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us

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 the same day the Lord will shave with a (A)hired (B)razor,
With those from beyond [a]the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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  1. Isaiah 7:20 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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(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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29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, [a]Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria (A)came and took (B)Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he (C)carried them captive to Assyria.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:29 A later name of Pul, v. 19

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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‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to (A)Mount Hor; from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border (B)to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward (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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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

“Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
I will send him against (B)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (C)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to 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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