as I have done to Shomeron and her idols, do I not do also to Yerushalayim and her idols?’
‘Has any of the mighty ones of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the sovereign of Ashshur?
And he took the cities of defence of Yehuḏ
And their land is filled with idols; they bow themselves to the work of their own hands, to what their own fingers have made.
O יהוה our Elohim, other masters besides You have had rule over us; only in You do we make mention of Your Name.
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and have put their mighty ones into the fire, for they were not mighty ones, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. And they destroyed them.
“And your elder sister is Shomeron, she and her daughters, who is dwelling to the north of you. And your younger sister, who is dwelling to the south of you, is Seḏ