⁴ For before the boy knows^(A) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus^(B) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.^(C)”

¹¹ Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad^(A)—in order that God’s purpose^(B) in election might stand:

¹¹ And should I not have concern^(A) for the great city of Nineveh,^(B) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

¹² When the Lord has finished all his work^(P) against Mount Zion^(Q) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria^(R) for the willful pride^(S) of his heart and the haughty look^(T) in his eyes. ¹³ For he says:

⁵ The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege^(A) to it for three years. ⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria^(B) captured Samaria^(C) and deported^(D) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan^(E) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

³ Shalmaneser^(A) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.^(B)

⁹ The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus^(A) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir^(B) and put Rezin to death.

²⁹ In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser^(A) king of Assyria came and took Ijon,^(B) Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali,^(C) and deported^(D) the people to Assyria.