The leaders of Samaria were terrified. They said,“ King Joram and King Ahaziah couldn’t stand up against Jehu. So how can we?”

他们却甚惧怕，彼此说：“二王在他面前尚且站立不住，我们怎能站得住呢？”

他们却非常惧怕，说：“看哪，两个王在他面前尚且站立不住，我们怎能站立得住呢？”

他们却非常惧怕，说：“看哪，两个王在他面前尚且站立不住，我们怎能站立得住呢？”

他们都十分害怕，彼此商议说：“两位王都不能抵挡他，我们怎能抵挡呢？”

他们就十分害怕，说：“看哪，两个王尚且不能在他面前站立得住，我们又怎能站得住呢？”

他們卻甚懼怕，彼此說：「二王在他面前尚且站立不住，我們怎能站得住呢？」

他們卻非常懼怕，說：「看哪，兩個王在他面前尚且站立不住，我們怎能站立得住呢？」

他們卻非常懼怕，說：「看哪，兩個王在他面前尚且站立不住，我們怎能站立得住呢？」

他們都十分害怕，彼此商議說：「兩位王都不能抵擋他，我們怎能抵擋呢？」

他們就十分害怕，說：“看哪，兩個王尚且不能在他面前站立得住，我們又怎能站得住呢？”

首領們卻懼怕得不得了，說：『看哪，兩個王在他面前尚且站立不住，我們怎能站得住呢？』

彼眾懼甚、曰、二王不能禦之、我儕何能禦乎、

當事者懼甚、曰、二王敵耶戶、尚為所敗、我焉能禦之。

彼皆懼甚、相語曰、二王尚不能立於其前、我儕焉能敵耶、

But they were terrified and said,“ If two kings could not resist him, how can we?”

But they were exceedingly afraid and said,“ Behold, the two kings could not stand before him. How then can we stand?”

But they were paralyzed with fear and said,“ We’ve seen that two kings couldn’t stand against this man! What can we do?”

However, they were terrified and reasoned,“ Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we?”

But they feared greatly and said,“ Behold, the two kings did not stand firm before him; how then can we stand?”

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said,“ Look, two kings could not stand up to him; how then can we stand?”

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

However, they were terrified and reasoned,“ Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we?”

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

They were absolutely terrified and said,“ Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said,“ Behold, the two kings didn’t stand before him! How then shall we stand?”

Ahaziah, the king of Judah, saw what had happened. So he tried to get away. He went up the road toward Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him. He shouted,“ Kill him too!” Jehu’s men wounded Ahaziah in his chariot. It happened on the way up to Gur near Ibleam. But Ahaziah escaped to Megiddo. And that’s where he died.

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 am not angry with my vineyard. I wish thorns and bushes would come up in it. Then I would march out against them in battle. I would set all of them on fire.

“ I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase you from your land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”

“ Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. And suppose he has 10,000 men, while the other has 20,000 coming against him. Won’t he first sit down and think about whether he can win?

Who can stand firm when his anger burns? Who can live when he is angry? His anger blazes out like fire. He smashes the rocks to pieces.