The king of Ashur listened to him; and the king of Ashur went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Retzin.
It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Ashur, from Egypt, from Patros, from Kush, from `Elam, from Shin`ar, from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea.
The burden of Mo'av: for in a night, `Ar of Mo'av is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Mo'av is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, `Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Madai's sighing.
I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of `Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,* says the LORD.
Are you not like the children of the Kushim to me, children of Yisra'el?* says the LORD. *Haven't I brought up Yisra'el out of the land of Egypt, and the Pelishtim from Kaftor, and the Syrians from Kir?