And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the places to which I have driven them,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Verse Concepts

BanishmentDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceDesire For DeathSurvivors Of The Nations

Survivors ThreatenedFamily LoveLove And FamilyFamily Death

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence? For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces. For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up. read more.
Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.

"You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. "Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.