¹³ And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

¹⁹ Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has ^(A)stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, ^(B)for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the ^(C)inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

¹⁰ But the king said, ^(A)“What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because ^(B)the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David.’ ^(C)Who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

^17 (A)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that ^(B)Ephraim departed from Judah.”