Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.

And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.

And their gods and their metal images and their fair vessels of silver and gold he will take away into the south; and for some years he will keep away from the king of the north.

A present

When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

Receive

They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;

But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

And at the memory of your evil ways and your wrongdoings, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of your evil-doings and your disgusting ways, O children of Israel.

Ashamed

And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.

General references

But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough.