I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves,

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”

“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God is your king!