Lexicon :: Strong's H804 - 'aššûr

“Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?

“And I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.

For this is what the Lord GOD says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[fn]

Now what will you gain

by traveling along the way to Egypt

to drink the water of the Nile?[fn]

What will you gain

by traveling along the way to Assyria

to drink the water of the Euphrates?

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.

The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;

the last who crushed his bones

was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

We made a treaty with[fn] Egypt

and with Assyria, to get enough food.

“Then you engaged in prostitution with the Assyrian men because you were not satisfied. Even though you did this with them, you were still not satisfied.

“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

“Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

“Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon,

with beautiful branches and shady foliage

and of lofty height.

Its top was among the clouds.[fn]

“Assyria is there with her whole assembly;

her graves are all around her.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.

When Ephraim saw his sickness

and Judah his wound,

Ephraim went to Assyria

and sent a delegation to the great king.[fn]

But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;

they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey going off on its own.

Ephraim has paid for love.

They will not stay in the land of the LORD.

Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,

and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

The calf itself will be taken to Assyria

as an offering to the great king.[fn]

Ephraim will experience shame;

Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt

and Assyria will be his king,

because they refused to repent.

Ephraim chases[fn] the wind

and pursues the east wind.

He continually multiplies lies and violence.

He makes a covenant with Assyria,

and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

“Assyria will not save us,

we will not ride on horses,

and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods! ’

to the work of our hands.

For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”

He will be their peace.

When Assyria invades our land,

when it marches against our fortresses,

we will raise against it seven shepherds,

even eight leaders of men.

On that day people will come to you

from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

even from Egypt to the Euphrates River

and from sea to sea

and mountain to mountain.

King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;

your officers sleep.

Your people are scattered across the mountains

with no one to gather them together.

He will also stretch out his hand against the north

and destroy Assyria;

he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,

dry as the desert.

I will bring them back from the land of Egypt

and gather them from Assyria.

I will bring them to the land of Gilead

and to Lebanon,

but it will not be enough for them.