“ Lord, it’s true that the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and their lands.

耶和华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒凉，

耶和华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒芜，

耶和华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒芜，

耶和华啊，亚述诸王确实扫灭列国，使其土地荒凉，

耶和华啊！亚述列王真的曾毁坏列国和它们的领土，

耶和華啊，亞述諸王果然使列國和列國之地變為荒涼，

耶和華啊，亞述諸王果然使列國和列國之地變為荒蕪，

耶和華啊，亞述諸王果然使列國和列國之地變為荒蕪，

耶和華啊，亞述諸王確實掃滅列國，使其土地荒涼，

耶和華啊！亞述列王真的曾毀壞列國和它們的領土，

永恆主啊，亞述諸王真地使到列國和他們的地都乾燥荒涼，

耶和華歟、亞述列王毀滅列邦、荒其土地、誠有此事、

亞述列王、滅列國、戮人民、誠有此事、

主歟、亞述列王、毀滅列族之民與其國、以火焚其神、此事誠有、但其神非天主、非天主或作非真神乃木石之偶像、人手所造者、故被毀滅、

“ It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands

“ It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.

LORD, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

The king said to Daniel,“ I’m sure your God is the greatest God of all. He is the Lord of kings. He explains mysteries. That’s why you were able to explain the mystery of my dream.”

About an hour later, another person spoke up.“ This fellow must have been with Jesus,” he said.“ He is from Galilee.”

The secrets of their hearts will be brought out into the open. They will fall down and worship God. They will exclaim,“ God is really here among you!”

In fact, Herod and Pontius Pilate met with the Gentiles in this city. They also met with the people of Israel. All of them made plans against your holy servant Jesus. He is the one you anointed.

The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim. He made all of them live in the towns of Samaria. They took the place of the people of Israel. They lived in all the towns of Samaria.

Then those in the boat worshiped Jesus. They said,“ You really are the Son of God!”

But you can be sure of one thing. If you put me to death, you will be held responsible for spilling my blood. And I haven’t even done anything wrong. You will bring guilt on yourselves and this city and those who live in it. The Lord has sent me to you. He wanted me to say all these things so you could hear them. And that’s the truth.”

The Lord will also bring the king of Assyria against you. And he will bring him against your people and the whole royal family. That will be a time of trouble. It will be unlike any since the people of Ephraim broke away from Judah.”At that time the Lord will whistle for the Egyptians. They will come like flies from the Nile River in Egypt. He will also whistle for the Assyrians. They will come from their country like bees.

“ I’m sure that what you have said is true. But how can human beings prove to God they are not guilty?

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul. He was king of Assyria. He was also called Tiglath- Pileser. He took the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh to other countries as his prisoners. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan. And that’s where they still are to this day.

‘ I took over Kalno just as I took Carchemish. I took over Hamath just as I did Arpad. I took Samaria just as I did Damascus.My powerful hand grabbed hold of kingdoms whose people worship statues of gods. They had more gods than Jerusalem and Samaria did.I took over Samaria and its statues of gods. In the same way, I will take Jerusalem and its gods.’ ”

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.

So the king of Assyria did what Ahaz asked him to do. He attacked the city of Damascus and captured it. He sent its people away to Kir. And he put Rezin to death.

I heard the Lord who rules over all announce a message. He said,“ You can be sure that the great houses will become empty. The fine homes will be left with no one living in them.