Hoshea the Last King of Israel 1 ULT In the year of 12 to Ahaz, the king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned in Samaria over Israel, 9 years. BSB BSB: In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
2 ULT And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, only not like the kings of Israel who were to his face. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
3 ULT Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, came up against him, and Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid tribute to him. BSB BSB: Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
4 ULT And the king of Assyria found a conspiracy in Hoshea, that he had sent messengers to So, the king of Egypt, and he had not brought up tribute to the king of Assyria, as year by year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in a house of imprisonment. BSB BSB: But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
Israel Carried Captive to Assyria 5 ULT Now the king of Assyria came up against all of the land, and he came up{ to} Samaria, and he besieged against it{ for} three years. BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
7 ULT And it happened because the sons of Israel sinned against Yahweh their God, the one having brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And they feared other gods, BSB BSB: All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
8 ULT and they walked in the statutes of the nations that Yahweh drove out from the face of the sons of Israel, and the kings of Israel that they did. BSB BSB: and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
9 ULT And the sons of Israel covered things against Yahweh their God that were not thus. For they built for themselves high places in all of their cities, from a tower of watchmen to a city of fortification. BSB BSB: The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
10 ULT And they set up for themselves pillars and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree. BSB BSB: They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 ULT And they burned incense there in all of the high places, like the nations that Yahweh had exiled from their faces. And they did evil things, making Yahweh angry. BSB BSB: They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
12 ULT And they served idols,{ about} which Yahweh had said to them,“You shall not do this thing.” BSB BSB: They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
13 ULT And Yahweh warned Israel and Judah by the hand of all of his prophets, every seer, saying,“Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all of the law that I commanded your fathers and that I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.” BSB BSB: Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
14 ULT But they did not listen, and they stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God. BSB BSB: But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
15 ULT And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he had cut with their fathers and his testimonies that he testified against them. And they walked after vapor, and they became vapor, and after the nations that{ were} around them,{ about} whom Yahweh had commanded them not to act like them. BSB BSB: They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
16 ULT And they forsook all of the commandments of Yahweh their God, and they made for themselves a molded image, two calves. And they made an Asherah, and they prostrated themselves to the whole army of the heavens, and they served Baal. BSB BSB: They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
17 ULT And they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire. And they divined divinations, and they observed signs. And they sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh, making him angry. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
18 ULT And Yahweh was exceedingly enraged at Israel, and he removed them away from his face. None was left, only the tribe of Judah alone. BSB BSB: So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
19 ULT Even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God. And they walked in the statutes of Israel that they did. BSB BSB: and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
20 ULT And Yahweh rejected all of the seed of Israel, and he afflicted them, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he cast them away from his face. BSB BSB: So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
21 ULT For he tore Israel away from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king. And Jeroboam drove Israel away from after Yahweh, and he made them sin a great sin. BSB BSB: When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
22 ULT And the sons of Israel walked in all of the sins of Jeroboam that he did. They did not turn away from it, BSB BSB: The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.
23 ULT until Yahweh removed Israel away from his face, according to what he had spoken by the hand of all of his servants the prophets. And Israel went into exile away from its land to Assyria, to this day. BSB BSB: Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
Samaria Resettled 24 ULT And the king of Assyria brought{ people} from Babylon and from Kuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and he settled{ them} in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities. BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 ULT And it happened, at the beginning of their settling there, they did not fear Yahweh. And Yahweh sent lions among them, and they were killing among them. BSB BSB: Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
26 ULT And they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying,“The nations that you exiled and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the God of the land. And he has sent lions against them, and behold them, killing them because they are not knowing the custom of the God of the land.” BSB BSB: So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
27 ULT And the king of Assyria commanded, saying,“Make go there one from the priests whom you exiled from there. And let them go and settle there, and let him teach them the custom of the God of the land.” BSB BSB: Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
28 ULT And one from the priests whom they had exiled from Samaria came, and he settled in Bethel. And he was teaching them how they should fear Yahweh. BSB BSB: Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
29 ULT And they were making, a nation, a nation, its gods, and they put{ them} in the house of the high places that the Samaritans had made, a nation, a nation, in their cities where they were settling there. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.
30 ULT And the men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Kuthah made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, BSB BSB: The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 ULT and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. And the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvim. BSB BSB: the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 ULT And they were fearing Yahweh, but they made for themselves priests of high places from their extremities, and they were making{ sacrifices} to them in the house of the high places. BSB BSB: So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
33 ULT They were fearing Yahweh, but they were serving their gods according to the custom of the nations{ from} which they had exiled them from there. BSB BSB: They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
34 ULT To this day, they are acting according to the first customs. They are not fearing Yahweh, and they are not acting according to their statutes or according to their judgment or according to the law or according to the commandment that Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel. BSB BSB: To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
35 ULT For Yahweh had cut a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying,“You shall not fear other gods, and you shall not prostrate yourselves to them, and you shall not serve them, and you shall not sacrifice to them, BSB BSB: For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
36 ULT except Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You shall fear him, and you shall prostrate yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice to him. BSB BSB: Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
37 ULT And the statutes and the judgments and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, you shall be careful to do all of the days, and you shall not fear other gods. BSB BSB: And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
38 ULT And you shall not forget the covenant that I cut with you, and you shall not fear other gods, BSB BSB: Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
39 ULT except you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he, he will deliver you from the hand of all of your enemies.” BSB BSB: but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
40 ULT But they are not careful, but rather they are acting according to their first custom. BSB BSB: But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
41 ULT For these nations are fearing Yahweh, but they are serving their idols. Both their sons and the sons of their sons, just as their fathers acted, they are acting to this day. BSB BSB: So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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