19 For the Lord [a]brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of (A)Israel, for he had (B)encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 humbled Judah

19 The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,[a] for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful(A) to the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles

20 Also (A)Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser

20 Tiglath-Pileser[a](A) king of Assyria(B) came to him, but he gave him trouble(C) instead of help.(D)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser

Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [a]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [b]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.

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  1. Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
  2. Isaiah 8:7 Overflow

therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(B) with all his pomp.(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(D)

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He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(A)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [a]fill the breadth of Your land, O (B)Immanuel.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
  2. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

“Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

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I will send him against (A)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (B)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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I send him against a godless(A) nation,
    I dispatch(B) him against a people who anger me,(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(D)
    and to trample(E) them down like mud in the streets.

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