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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies— the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated— and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.

Now whenever it fits my plan, I will attack you, too. I will call out the armies of the nations to punish you for your multiplied sins.

He will say,‘ Each of my princes will soon be a king.

“ Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction— those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them— handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high ranking officers, all riding their horses.They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army prepared for attack. They will take up positions on every side, surrounding you with men armed with shields and helmets. And I will hand you over to them for punishment so they can do with you as they please.I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned.They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.

“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.

“ Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.

Then King Tiglath pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power.Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces of silver to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land.

Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall,“ Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria!

Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

Jeremiah the prophet. They said,“ Please pray to the Lord your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.

Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.

So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria( also known as Tiglath pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

“ And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.

For the Lord saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.

“ For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.