Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
- BSB Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
- NKJV “Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted.
- NASB Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.
- NLT “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
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Therefore God handed Samaria over to her Assyrian lovers, the very ones she doted on. Her chosen allies became the instruments of her judgment.
Overview
In fitting judgment, God gave Samaria into the hand of Assyria, fulfilled in the fall of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C. The lovers she pursued became her destroyers. The verse shows the principle that sinful attachments often turn to bring about one's own ruin.
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- 2 Kgs 17:23Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
- Hos 11:5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
- 2 Kgs 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 18:9–12And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 1 Chr 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
- 2 Kgs 17:3–6Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
- Rev 17:16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
- Rev 17:12–13And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
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