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Invasion by Assyria

The Lord spoke to me again: “Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because[a] they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah’s son, watch out! The Lord God[b] is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates[c] River against them, mighty and strong.[d]

“It’s the king of Assyria and all of his arrogance! He will rise over all of the river’s channels and run over all of its banks.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:6 1QIsaa MT lack because
  2. Isaiah 8:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the Lord
  3. Isaiah 8:7 1QIsaa MT lack Euphrates
  4. Isaiah 8:7 So 4QIsaf MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks mighty and strong