All of them are as hot as an oven. They destroy their rulers. All their kings fall from power. But none of them calls on the Lord for help.

众民也热如火炉，烧灭他们的官长。他们的君王都仆倒而死；他们中间无一人求告我。”

他们全都热如火炉，吞灭他们的审判官。他们的君王都仆倒，他们中间无一人求告我。

他们全都热如火炉，吞灭他们的审判官。他们的君王都仆倒，他们中间无一人求告我。

他们像炙热的烤炉，吞灭他们的首领。他们的君王都倒地而亡，没有一个向我求救。

所有的人都热如火炉，吞灭他们的官长。他们所有的君王都倒毙了，他们中间没有一人向我呼求。

眾民也熱如火爐，燒滅他們的官長。他們的君王都仆倒而死；他們中間無一人求告我。

他們全都熱如火爐，吞滅他們的審判官。他們的君王都仆倒，他們中間無一人求告我。

他們全都熱如火爐，吞滅他們的審判官。他們的君王都仆倒，他們中間無一人求告我。

他們像炙熱的烤爐，吞滅他們的首領。他們的君王都倒地而亡，沒有一個向我求救。

所有的人都熱如火爐，吞滅他們的官長。他們所有的君王都倒斃了，他們中間沒有一人向我呼求。

眾民都熱熱如火爐，燒滅他們的官長；他們的王都倒斃了，其中並沒有一個向我呼求。

眾熱如爐、滅其士師、君王傾覆、其中無人籲我、

庶民心熱、若炊麵之器、牧伯見燬、數王殞亡、其中無人籲我。以法蓮族散於列邦、

盡爇若鑪、燬其侯伯、其諸君王、皆已殞亡、其中無人籲我、

All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.

Burning like an oven, they consume their leaders. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries to me for help.

All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on me.

All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me.

They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consume their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls on Me.

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen:[ there is] none among them that calleth unto me.

All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall– and none of them call on me!

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

One of Pekahiah’s chief officers was Pekah. He was the son of Remaliah. Pekah made evil plans against Pekahiah. He took 50 men from Gilead with him and killed Pekahiah. Pekah also killed Argob and Arieh. He killed all of them in the safest place in the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah. He became the next king after him.

Shallum made evil plans against Zechariah. He attacked Zechariah in front of the people and killed him. Then he became the next king after him. Shallum was the son of Jabesh.

Then Hoshea made evil plans against Pekah, the son of Remaliah. Hoshea was the son of Elah. Hoshea attacked Pekah and killed him. Then Hoshea became the next king after him. It was in the 20th year of the rule of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

Menahem went from Tirzah up to Samaria. There he attacked Shallum, the son of Jabesh. Menahem killed him and became the next king after him. Menahem was the son of Gadi.

“ Family of Jacob, you have not prayed to me as you should. People of Israel, you have not worn yourselves out for me.

“ Those whose hearts are ungodly are always angry. Even when God puts them in chains, they don’t cry out for help.

The pride of Israel proves that they are guilty. But in spite of everything, they don’t return to the Lord their God. They don’t go to him for help.

No one prays to you. No one asks you for help. You have turned your face away from us. You have let us feel the effects of our sins.

My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves.”

But his people have not returned to the God who struck them down. They haven’t turned for help to the Lord who rules over all.

“ Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down. Some of her blood splashed on the wall. Some of it splashed on Jehu’s chariot horses as they ran over her.

“ Take them alive!” Jehu ordered. So his men took them alive. Then they killed them by the well of Beth Eked. They killed a total of 42 of them. Jehu didn’t leave anyone alive.

They do not cry out to me from their hearts. Instead, they just lie on their beds and sob. They cut themselves when they pray to their gods for grain and fresh wine. But they turn away from me.

When Jehu’s letter arrived, the men went and got the princes. They killed all 70 of them. They put their heads in baskets. Then they sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.

Zimri saw that they had taken over the city. So he went into the safest place in the royal palace. He set the palace on fire all around him. He died there

Zimri was one of Elah’s officials. He commanded half of Elah’s chariot drivers. He made plans against Elah. Elah was in Tirzah at the time. He was getting drunk in the home of Arza. Arza was in charge of the palace at Tirzah.Zimri came in. He struck Elah down and killed him. It was in the 27th year of Asa, the king of Judah. Zimri became the next king after Elah.As soon as Zimri was seated on the throne as king, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He didn’t even spare one male. It didn’t matter whether it was a relative or a friend.

“ I looked for someone among them who would stand up for Jerusalem. I tried to find someone who would pray to me for the land. Then I would not have to destroy it. But I could not find anyone who would pray for it.

The curses that are written in the Law of Moses have fallen on us. We have received nothing but trouble. You are the Lord our God. But we haven’t asked for your favor. We haven’t turned away from our sins. We’ve refused to pay attention to the laws you gave us.

Then Jehu shot an arrow at Joram. It hit him between the shoulders. It went through his heart. He sank down slowly in his chariot.

I will go back to my lion’s den. I will stay there until they pay the price for their sin. Then they will turn to me. They will suffer so much that they will really want me to help them.”

He killed Nadab in the third year that Asa was king of Judah. Baasha became the next king after Nadab.

But Omri’s followers were stronger than those of Tibni, the son of Ginath. So Tibni died. And Omri began to rule.