"Is not Calnolike Carchemish,OrHamathlike Arpad,OrSamarialike Damascus?
The beginningof his kingdomwas Babeland Erechand Accadand Calneh,in the landof Shinar.
Now when Toikingof Hamathheardthat Davidhad defeatedallthe armyof Hadadezer,
So the kingof Assyrialistenedto him; and the kingof Assyriawentup againstDamascusand capturedit, and carried[the people of] it awayinto exileto Kir,and putRezinto death.
The kingof Assyriabrought[men] from Babylonand from Cuthahand from Avvaand from Hamathand Sephar-vaim,and settled[them] in the citiesof Samariain placeof the sonsof Israel.So they possessedSamariaand livedin its cities.
Whereare the godsof Hamathand Arpad?Whereare the godsof Sepharvaim,Henaand Ivvah?Have they deliveredSamariafrom my hand?
Who[was there] among allthe godsof thosenationswhichmy fathersutterlydestroyedwhocoulddeliverhis peopleout of my hand,that your Godshould be ableto deliveryou from my hand?
Afterallthis,whenJosiahhad setthe templein order,Necokingof Egyptcameup to makewarat Carchemishon the Euphrates,and Josiahwentout to engagehim.
For it says,"Are not my princesallkings?
The oracleconcerning Damascus."Behold,Damascusis about to be removedfrom being a cityAnd will becomea fallenruin.
"The fortifiedcitywill disappearfrom Ephraim,And sovereigntyfrom DamascusAnd the remnantof Aram;They will be like the gloryof the sonsof Israel,"Declaresthe LORDof hosts.
The highwaysare desolate,the travelerhas ceased,He has brokenthe covenant,he has despisedthe cities,He has noregardfor man.
Whereare the godsof Hamathand Arpad?Whereare the godsof Sepharvaim?And whenhave they deliveredSamariafrom my hand?
Behold,you have heardwhatthe kingsof Assyriahave doneto allthe lands,destroyingthem completely.So will you be spared?
Whereis the kingof Hamath,the kingof Arpad,the kingof the cityof Sepharvaim,[and of] Henaand Ivvah?'"
"For the headof Aramis Damascusand the headof Damascusis Rezin(now within another65yearsEphraimwill be shattered,[so that it is] nolonger a people),
To Egypt,concerningthe armyof PharaohNecokingof Egypt,whichwas by the EuphratesRiverat Carchemish,whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylondefeatedin the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah:
Concerning Damascus."Hamathand Arpadare putto shame,For they have heardbadnews;They are disheartened.There is anxietyby the sea,It cannotbe calmed.
Hamath,Berothah,Sibraim,whichis betweenthe borderof Damascusand the borderof Hamath;Hazer-hatticon,whichis by the borderof Hauran.
"They mockat kingsAnd rulersare a laughingmatter to them. They laughat everyfortressAnd heapup rubbleto captureit.
You shall drawa linefrom MountHorto the Lebo-hamath,and the terminationof the bordershall be at Zedad;
