Then behold, there were seven other cows coming up after them from the Nile, ugly and emaciated, and they stood beside the cows at the edge of the Nile.
Isaiah 17:4 - Tree of Life Version Now in that day Jacob’s glory will fade, and the fatness of his flesh grow lean. 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. |
Then behold, there were seven other cows coming up after them from the Nile, ugly and emaciated, and they stood beside the cows at the edge of the Nile.
King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched against him, so Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and Habor, on the Gozan River, and in the towns of the Medes.
Therefore will the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, send leanness among his fat ones. Under its glory He will kindle a burning like a blazing fire.
What will you do in the day of visitation, when desolation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
The fortress will also cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the glory of Bnei-Yisrael. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
So will it be in the earth and among the nations, as when shaking an olive tree, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”
All the people will know what Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Thus says Adonai: “Just as the shepherd snatches out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so will Bnei-Yisrael dwelling in Samaria escape with the corner of a bed or a head of a couch.
Adonai will be fearsome against them. For all the gods of the earth He will make waste away. To Him will bow, each from its place, the islands of the nations.