¹⁶ for before the boy knows^(A) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,^(B) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.^(C)

⁴ 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)”

³⁹ And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,^(A) your children who do not yet know^(B) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.

¹¹ And should I not have concern^(A) for the great city of Nineveh,^(B) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

³ This is what the Lord says:

A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy^(A) against Damascus:^(B)

⁹ The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus^(A) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir^(B) and put Rezin to death.