"Nowwhen he had spenteverything,a severefamineoccurredin that country,and he beganto be impoverished.
Therefore the LORDbroughtthe commandersof the armyof the kingof Assyriaagainstthem, and they capturedManassehwith hooks,boundhim with bronze[chains] and tookhim to Babylon.
The righteoushasenoughto satisfyhis appetite,But the stomachof the wickedis in need.
"Beholdnow, I have stretchedout My handagainstyou and diminishedyour rations.And I deliveredyou up to the desireof those who hateyou, the daughtersof the Philistines,who are ashamedof your lewdconduct.
"And not manydayslater,the youngersongatheredeverythingtogetherand went on a journeyinto a distantcountry,and therehe squanderedhis estatewith looseliving.
"Sohe wentand hiredhimself out to oneof the citizensof that country,and he senthim into his fieldsto feedswine.
