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Hosea 8:10

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Even though they have hired allies among the nations, I will gather them together. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.

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The Lord had seen how badly the Israelites were suffering, both slave and free. No one was there to help Israel.

Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.

But then the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was being disloyal. Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for help, and he also had stopped sending annual tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done previously. So the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

So the God of Israel encouraged Pul, king of Assyria (otherwise known as Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), to invade the land. He took into exile the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

He says: “All my commanders are kings!

You go to Egypt without asking me, looking to Pharaoh for protection, hoping to find safety hiding behind Egypt.

Then the army general shouted out in Hebrew, “Listen to this from the great king, the king of Assyria!

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please listen to our request.

Normally all prostitutes are paid, but you were the one giving gifts to all your lovers. You even bribed them to come from all around and have sex with you.

I'm going to bring together all the lovers you went to bed with, whether you loved them or hated them, and I will have them gather from everywhere around and I will strip you as they watch so they will see you totally naked.

In the same way a refiner collects silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin and puts them in the blast furnace to melt them with fire, I'm going to collect you in my burning anger, and keep you there until I melt you.

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still married to me. She wanted to have sex with her lovers, the Assyrians.

For this is what the Lord God says: Watch as I bring Nebuchadnezzar, king of kings, to attack Tyre from the north. He will come with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a huge army.

Your Majesty, you are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, and power, strength, and glory.

When I choose I will punish the wicked. The nations will be gathered together against them when they are punished for their double crime.

The Lord also has an accusation against Judah, and will punish Jacob for the way the people act; he will repay them for what they have done.

This is what the Lord Almighty says: Soon I will shake the heavens and the earth once more, and the sea and the dry land.




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