After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile.
Isaiah 17:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On that day the splendour of Jacob will fade, and his healthy body will become emaciated. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in that day the former glory of Jacob [Israel–his might, his population, his prosperity] shall be enfeebled, and the fat of his flesh shall become lean. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. Common English Bible On that day, Jacob’s glory will dwindle; his sleek body will waste away. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be in that day: the glory of Jacob will be thinned, and the fatness of his flesh will be reduced. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean. |
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile.
King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes.
Therefore the Lord God of Armies will inflict an emaciating disease on the well-fed of Assyria, and he will kindle a burning fire under its glory.
What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
The fortress disappears from Ephraim, and a kingdom from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendour of the Israelites. This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
For this is how it will be on earth among the nations: like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
From the ends of the earth we hear songs: The Splendour of the Righteous One. But I said, ‘I waste away! I waste away! Woe is me.’ The treacherous act treacherously; the treacherous deal very treacherously.
Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
‘ “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
The Lord says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion’s mouth, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with only the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch. ,
The Lord will be terrifying to them when he starves all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant coasts and islands of the nations will bow in worship to him, each in its own place.