¹³ When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

¹¹ And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

¹ The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...

⁶ And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.

⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.

¹² For the Lord has said, Your disease may not be made well and your wound is bitter.

¹⁹ In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom.

¹⁴ Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of a hater, even cruel punishment;

¹⁵ Why are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

⁹ For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.

³ Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

²⁰ Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

²¹ For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

¹⁶ At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.

¹⁷ For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

¹⁸ And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.

⁷ So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.

²⁹ In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.