ash-shoor'
or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}; apparently from 833 (in the sense
of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his
descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria),
its region and its empire:--Asshur, Assur, Assyria,
Assyrians. See 838.
see Hebrew for [0833]
see Hebrew for [0838]
When Ephraim [0669] saw [07200] his sickness [02483], and Judah [03063] saw his wound [04205], then went [03212] Ephraim [0669] to the Assyrian [0804], and sent [07971] to king [04428] Jareb [07378] [03377]: yet could [03201] he not heal [07495] you, nor cure [01455] you of your wound [04205].king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead
Ephraim [0669] also is like a silly [06601] dove [03123] without heart [03820]: they call [07121] to Egypt [04714], they go [01980] to Assyria [0804].
For they are gone up [05927] to Assyria [0804], a wild ass [06501] alone [0909] by himself: Ephraim [0669] hath hired [08566] lovers [0158].lovers: Heb. loves
They shall not dwell [03427] in the Lord's [03068] land [0776]; but Ephraim [0669] shall return [07725] to Egypt [04714], and they shall eat [0398] unclean [02931] things in Assyria [0804].
It shall be also carried [02986] unto Assyria [0804] for a present [04503] to king [04428] Jareb [03377]: Ephraim [0669] shall receive [03947] shame [01317], and Israel [03478] shall be ashamed [0954] of his own counsel [06098].
He shall not return [07725] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], but the Assyrian [0804] shall be his king [04428], because they refused [03985] to return [07725].
They shall tremble [02729] as a bird [06833] out of Egypt [04714], and as a dove [03123] out of the land [0776] of Assyria [0804]: and I will place [03427] them in their houses [01004], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Ephraim [0669] feedeth [07462] on wind [07307], and followeth [07291] after the east wind [06921]: he daily [03117] increaseth [07235] lies [03577] and desolation [07701]; and they do make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the Assyrians [0804], and oil [08081] is carried [02986] into Egypt [04714].
Asshur [0804] shall not save [03467] us; we will not ride [07392] upon horses [05483]: neither will we say [0559] any more to the work [04639] of our hands [03027], Ye are our gods [0430]: for in thee the fatherless [03490] findeth mercy [07355].