²² Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

¹¹ Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

²² The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

² Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

⁸ Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.