4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”
7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and run over all its banks.
9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be broken; prepare for battle, and be dismayed.
14and He will be a sanctuary. But to both houses of Israel He will be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, a trap and a snare to the dwellers of Jerusalem.”
19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
