Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.

他们虽在列邦中贿买人，现在我却要聚集惩罚他们；他们因君王和首领所加的重担日渐衰微。

他们雇用列国；如今我要聚集他们，他们必因君王和官长所加的重担开始衰微。

他们雇用列国；如今我要聚集他们，他们必因君王和官长所加的重担开始衰微。

尽管他们在各国贿买盟友，如今我却要把他们聚集起来，审判他们。他们必因君王和首领的欺压而日渐衰微。

他们虽然在列国中贿买人，我现在却要招聚他们。他们因着君王和领袖所加的重担，逐渐衰微。

他們雖在列邦中賄買人，現在我卻要聚集懲罰他們；他們因君王和首領所加的重擔日漸衰微。

他們雇用列國；如今我要聚集他們，他們必因君王和官長所加的重擔開始衰微。

他們雇用列國；如今我要聚集他們，他們必因君王和官長所加的重擔開始衰微。

儘管他們在各國賄買盟友，如今我卻要把他們聚集起來，審判他們。他們必因君王和首領的欺壓而日漸衰微。

他們雖然在列國中賄買人，我現在卻要招聚他們。他們因著君王和領袖所加的重擔，逐漸衰微。

他們雖在列國中賄買人，如今我卻要把他們收拾掉；他們必稍息片時不膏抹君王和首領。

雖行賄於列邦、我必阻之、俾其暫止膏立君王牧伯、

彼雖饋金於異邦、我必使異邦人聚其族而困之、俾服役於王公、暫懷憂戚、

雖賄贈異邦人、我仍聚集異邦人以攻之、必因王與侯伯所加之重任、始漸衰微、

Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

They have sold themselves to the nations to get their help. But now I will gather them together. They will get weaker and weaker. The mighty kings of Assyria will crush them.

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute.

But though they have sold themselves to many allies, I will now gather them together for judgment. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.

Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.

Even though they pay for allies among the nations, I will gather them up now; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of officials.

Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now I will gather them; And they shall sorrow a little, Because of the burden of the king of princes.

Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.

Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.

therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.

When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.

Indeed, he says:“ Are not my officials all kings?

“ Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.They will attack you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; they will punish you according to their laws.I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.

“ For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.

“ For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom.Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,“ Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

“ You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

They said to him,“ Please grant our request and pray to the LORD your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you.

So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria( that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

The LORD saw Israel’s intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

Moreover, the LORD who rules over all says:‘ In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.