He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.