10:8 Indeed,
“Are not my officials all kings?
10:9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?
Hamath like Arpad?
Samaria like Damascus?
10:10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols,
whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s
10:11 As I have done to Samaria and its idols,
so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”
10:12 But when
“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations,
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror,
10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,
as one gathers up abandoned eggs,
I gathered up the whole earth.
There was no wing flapping,
or open mouth chirping.”
12:8 Ephraim boasts,
I have become wealthy!
In all that I have done to gain my wealth,
no one can accuse me of any offense
1:16 Because of his success
and burns incense to his dragnet;
for because of them he has plenty of food,
and more than enough to eat.
1:1 The following is the message
4:7 Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave