So I, the Lord Jehovah, will gather every one of your lovers, those you liked and those you hated. They will stand around you, and I will rip off your clothes and let all of those lovers stare at your nakedness.

Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.

Sorrow a little

Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: Soon I will shake heaven and earth, land and sea!

For

Jehovah saw the bitter affliction of Israel. There was no one left, bond or free. There was no help for Israel.

Pul king of Assyria came against the land. Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver to let him keep the kingdom.

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

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

The king

He boasts: 'Every one of my commanders is a king!

Then the field commander stood and shouted loudly in the Judean language: Listen to the great king, the king of Assyria.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army.

You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.