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)”

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)

⁵ 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)

⁶ “Because this people has rejected^(D)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah^(E)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,^(F)
7 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)
8 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)