But the Lord God rules over all. He announces,“ People of Israel, I will stir up a nation against you. They will crush you from Lebo Hamath all the way down to the Arabah Valley.”

耶和华、万军之神说：“以色列家啊，我必兴起一国攻击你们；他们必欺压你们，从哈马口直到亚拉巴的河。”

耶和华—万军之上帝说：“以色列家，看哪，我必兴起一国攻击你们；他们必欺压你们，从哈马口直到亚拉巴的河。”

耶和华—万军之神说：“以色列家，看哪，我必兴起一国攻击你们；他们必欺压你们，从哈马口直到亚拉巴的河。”

万军之上帝耶和华说：“以色列家啊，我要使一个国家兴起攻击你们，他们要从哈马口直至亚拉巴河，到处欺压你们。”

“看哪！以色列家，我要兴起一国攻击你们，这国要欺压你们，从哈马关口直至亚拉巴河。”这是万军耶和华神的宣告。

耶和華、萬軍之神說：以色列家啊，我必興起一國攻擊你們；他們必欺壓你們，從哈馬口直到亞拉巴的河。

耶和華－萬軍之上帝說：「以色列家，看哪，我必興起一國攻擊你們；他們必欺壓你們，從哈馬口直到亞拉巴的河。」

耶和華－萬軍之神說：「以色列家，看哪，我必興起一國攻擊你們；他們必欺壓你們，從哈馬口直到亞拉巴的河。」

萬軍之上帝耶和華說：「以色列家啊，我要使一個國家興起攻擊你們，他們要從哈馬口直至亞拉巴河，到處欺壓你們。」

“看哪！以色列家，我要興起一國攻擊你們，這國要欺壓你們，從哈馬關口直至亞拉巴河。”這是萬軍耶和華神的宣告。

『真地你看吧，以色列家啊，我必激起一個國來攻擊你們：永恆主萬軍之上帝發神諭說：他們必壓迫你們、從哈馬口直到亞拉巴谿谷。』

萬軍之上帝耶和華曰、以色列家歟、我將興一國以敵爾、自哈馬之道、至亞拉巴之溪、困苦爾焉、

我萬有之主耶和華、必使他國勃然興起、為爾以色列族之敵、自哈末之道、至曠野之河、使爾困苦難堪焉。

主萬有之天主曰、以色列族歟、我必使一國起、為爾之敵、窘迫爾、自哈末至平原平原或作亞拉巴之溪、

For the Lord God Almighty declares,“ I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.”

“ For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;“ and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

“ O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,” says the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.“ They will oppress you throughout your land— from Lebo hamath in the north to the Arabah Valley in the south.”

But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel— this is the declaration of the Lord, the GOD of Armies— and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.

“ For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, House of Israel,” declares the Lord God of armies,“ And they will torment you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah.”

“ But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” Says the Lord God of hosts;“ And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the Valley of the Arabah.”

For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.

But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel— this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Hosts— and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

“ Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel.” The LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking.“ They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah.”

For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies;“ and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

At that time Solomon celebrated the Feast of Booths. The whole community of Israel was with him. It was a huge crowd. People came from as far away as Lebo Hamath and the Wadi of Egypt. For seven days they celebrated in front of the Lord our God. The feast continued for seven more days. That made a total of 14 days.

Jeroboam, the son of Jehoash, made the borders of Israel the same as they were before. They reached from Lebo Hamath all the way to the Dead Sea. That’s what the Lord, the God of Israel, had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servant Jonah. Jonah the prophet was the son of Amittai. Jonah was from the town of Gath Hepher.

“ People of Israel, listen to me,” announces the Lord.“ I am bringing against you a nation from far away. It is an old nation. And it will last for a long time. Its people speak a language you do not know. You can’t understand what they are saying.The bags they carry their arrows in are like an open grave. All their soldiers are mighty.They will eat up your crops and your food. They will strike down your sons and daughters. They will kill your sheep and cattle. They will destroy your vines and fig trees. You trust in your cities that have high walls around them. But the people in them will be killed by swords.

The king of Assyria will carry off the wealth of Damascus. He will also carry away the goods that were taken from Samaria. That will happen before the boy knows how to say‘ My father’ or‘ My mother.’ ”The Lord continued,“ I am like the gently flowing stream of Siloam. But the people of Judah have turned their backs on me. They are filled with joy because of the fall of Rezin and the son of Remaliah.So I am about to bring against these people the king of Assyria and his whole army. The Assyrians will be like the mighty Euphrates River when it is flooding. They will run over everything in their path.They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”

For your northern border, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor.Continue it from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the border will go to Zedad.

During the rule of Pekah, the king of Israel, Tiglath- Pileser marched into the land again. He was king of Assyria. He captured the towns of Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He also captured the lands of Gilead and Galilee. That included the whole territory of Naphtali. He took the people away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria.

“ Here are the borders of the land.“ On the north side the border will start at the Mediterranean Sea. It will go by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath. Then it will continue on to Zedad,Berothah and Sibraim. Sibraim is between Damascus and Hamath. The border will reach all the way to Hazer Hattikon. It is right next to Hauran.The border will go from the sea to Hazar Enan. It will run north of Damascus and south of Hamath. This will be the northern border.

At that time the Lord will use the Assyrians to punish you. Ahaz had hired them earlier from east of the Euphrates River. Now their king will be like a razor in the Lord’s hand. He will shave the hair from your head and private parts. He will also shave off your beards.

The people who live in Samaria are filled with fear. They are afraid for their god that looks like a calf. They’re afraid it will be carried off from Beth Aven, that evil town. They will mourn over it. So will the priests who led them to worship it. The priests were full of joy because their statue was so glorious. But it will be captured and taken far away from them.

The Lord says,“ How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.

Finally, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. It was in the ninth year of Hoshea. The king of Assyria took the Israelites away from their own land. He sent them off to Assyria. He made some of them live in Halah. He made others live in Gozan on the Habor River. And he made others live in the towns of the Medes.