"The fortifiedcitywill disappearfrom Ephraim,And sovereigntyfrom DamascusAnd the remnantof Aram;They will be like the gloryof the sonsof Israel,"Declaresthe LORDof hosts.
So the kingof Assyrialistenedto him; and the kingof Assyriawentup againstDamascusand capturedit, and carried[the people of] it awayinto exileto Kir,and putRezinto death.
In the ninthyearof Hoshea,the kingof AssyriacapturedSamariaand carriedIsraelawayinto exileto Assyria,and settledthem in Halahand Habor,[on] the riverof Gozan,and in the citiesof the Medes.
"Is not Calnolike Carchemish,OrHamathlike Arpad,OrSamarialike Damascus?
But nowthe LORDspeaks,saying,"Within threeyears,as a hiredmanwould countthem, the gloryof Moabwill be degradedalong with all[his] greatpopulation,and [his] remnantwill be verysmall[and] impotent."
Now in that daythe gloryof Jacobwill fade,And the fatnessof his fleshwill becomelean.
For You have madea cityinto a heap,A fortifiedcityinto a ruin;A palaceof strangersis a citynomore,It will neverbe rebuilt.
"For beforethe boywill know[enough] to refuseeviland choosegood,the landwhosetwokingsyou dreadwill be forsaken.
"For the headof Aramis Damascusand the headof Damascusis Rezin(now within another65yearsEphraimwill be shattered,[so that it is] nolonger a people),
for beforethe boyknowshow to cryout 'My fatheror 'My mother,'the wealthof Damascusand the spoilof Samariawill be carriedaway beforethe kingof Assyria."
And the LORDsaidto him, "Namehim Jezreel;for yeta littlewhile,and I will punishthe houseof Jehufor the bloodshedof Jezreel,and I will putan endto the kingdomof the houseof Israel.
Then she conceivedagainand gavebirthto a daughter.And the LORD saidto him, "Nameher Lo-ruhamah,for I will nolongerhavecompassionon the houseof Israel,that I would everforgivethem.
Therefore a tumultwill ariseamong your people,And allyour fortresseswill be destroyed,As ShalmandestroyedBeth-arbelon the dayof battle,[When] motherswere dashedin pieceswith [their] children.
For the sonsof Israelwill remainfor manydayswithoutkingor prince,withoutsacrificeor [sacred] pillarand withoutephodor householdidols.
Israelis swallowedup; They are nowamong the nationsLike a vesselin which noonedelights.
As for Ephraim,their glorywill flyawaylike a bird--Nobirth,nopregnancyand noconception!
"[As for] those who swearby the guiltof Samaria,Who say,'As your godlives,O Dan,'And, 'As the wayof Beershebalives,'They will falland not riseagain."
