For before the boy knows(A) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(B) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(C)

The Lord spoke to me again:

“Because this people has rejected(D)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(E)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(F)
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(G) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(H) with all his pomp.(I)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(J)

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