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2 Kings 16:7

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So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me."

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And the king of Israel answered, "As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have."

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.

And the LORD was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

At that time King Ahaz sent to the king[2] of Assyria for help.

So Tiglath-pileser[4] king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of you like those of a woman in labor?

Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength,[1] whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.

You played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied.

She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

"Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.




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