4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of uEgypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
2 who set out to mgo down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
18 wAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?1
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?2
15 But he jrebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him khorses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?
11 Ephraim is like a dove,
silly and without sense,
scalling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
