He runs against Him defiantly, with thick-bossed shields.
“You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you.
And in the time of his distress Sovereign Aḥaz trespassed even more against יהוה – this Sovereign Aḥaz –
Because he has stretched out his hand against Ěl, and acts mightily against the Almighty.
For he has covered his face with his fatness, and he has put layers of fat on his loins.
I was at ease, but He broke me. And He took me by my neck and shattered me, and He has set me up for His target.
And You have made my enemies turn their backs, As for those hating me, I cut them off.
For exaltations are neither from the east, Nor from the west nor from the wilderness.
And Pharaoh said, “Who is יהוה, that I should obey His voice to let Yisra’ĕl go? I do not know יהוה, nor am I going to let Yisra’ĕl go.”
