2Reis 17

Oseias, rei de Israel

1 No ano duodécimo de Acaz, rei de Judá, *2Rs 15.30começou Oseias, filho de Elá, a reinar em Samaria e reinou nove anos. 2 Fez o mal à vista de Jeová; contudo, não como os reis de Israel que foram antes dele. 3 *2Rs 18.9-12Contra ele veio *Os 10.14Salmaneser, rei da Assíria; Oseias ficou sendo seu servo e pagava-lhe tributos. 4 O rei da Assíria achou Oseias em conspiração, porque ele tinha enviado mensageiros a Sô, rei do Egito, e não tinha entrado com o tributo, como fizera de ano em ano; portanto, o rei da Assíria o encerrou e o pôs em grilhões numa prisão. 5 Então, o rei da Assíria passou por toda a terra, subiu a Samaria e *Os 13.16a sitiou três anos. 6 No ano nono de Oseias, tomou o *Os 13.16rei da Assíria a Samaria, e *Dt 28.64;29.27-28levou Israel cativo para a Assíria, e *2Rs 18.11;1Cr 5.26pô-los em Hala, junto a Habor, rio de *Is 37.12Gozã, e *Is 13.17;21.2nas cidades dos medos.

7 *Js 23.16Assim sucedeu porque os filhos de Israel tinham pecado contra Jeová, seu Deus, *Êx 14.15-30que os tirou da terra do Egito, de debaixo da mão de Faraó, rei do Egito, e *Jz 6.10haviam temido a outros deuses 8 e *Lv 18.3;Dt 18.9andado nos estatutos das nações que Jeová expulsou de diante dos filhos de Israel e nos que os *2Rs 17.19;16.3reis de Israel estabeleceram. 9 Os filhos de Israel fizeram secretamente contra Jeová, seu Deus, o que não era reto e edificaram para si altos em todas as cidades, desde a *2Rs 18.8torre das atalaias até a cidade fortificada. 10 *Êx 34.12-14Levantaram para si colunas e *1Rs 14.23;Mq 5.14Aserins sobre todos os outeiros altos e debaixo de todas as árvores frondosas; 11 ali queimavam incenso em todos os altos, como fizeram as nações que Jeová expulsou de diante deles; cometeram ações iníquas para provocarem Jeová à ira 12 e serviram a ídolos, *Êx 20.4de que Jeová lhes dissera: Não fareis isso. 13 Todavia, *Ne 9.29-30Jeová deu testemunho a Israel e a Judá *2Rs 17.23pelo ministério de todos os profetas *1Sm 9.9e de todos os videntes, dizendo: *Jr 7.3-7;18.11;Ez 18.31Voltai dos vossos maus caminhos e guardai os meus mandamentos e os meus estatutos, conforme a lei toda que prescrevi a vossos pais e que vos enviei por meio dos profetas, meus servos. 14 Porém não o quiseram ouvir, *Êx 32.9;33.3;At 7.51mas endureceram a sua cerviz, como a de seus pais, que não creram em Jeová, seu Deus. 15 *Jr 8.9Rejeitaram os estatutos e *Êx 24.6-8;Dt 29.25a aliança que fez com seus pais e os testemunhos que lhes deu; *Dt 32.21seguiram a vaidade, *Jr 2.5;Rm 1.21-23e tornaram-se vãos, e seguiram as nações que estavam ao redor deles, a respeito das quais *Dt 12.30-31Jeová lhes ordenara que não fizessem como elas fizeram. 16 Abandonaram todos os mandamentos de Jeová, seu Deus, e *1Rs 12.28fizeram para si imagens fundidas de *1Rs 14.15,23dois bezerros, e fabricaram uma Aserá, e *2Rs 21.3;Dt 4.15,19adoraram todo o exército do céu, e *1Rs 16.31serviram a Baal. 17 Também *2Rs 16.3fizeram a seus filhos e suas filhas passar pelo fogo, e *Lv 19.26;Dt 18.10-12deram-se a adivinhações e encantamentos, e *1Rs 21.20venderam-se para fazer o mal à vista de Jeová, provocando-o à ira. 18 Portanto, Jeová muito se irou contra Israel e *2Rs 17.6os tirou de diante da sua face; *1Rs 11.13,32,36e não ficou senão somente a tribo de Judá.

O cativeiro assírio

19 Também *1Rs 14.22-23Judá não guardou os mandamentos de Jeová, seu Deus, mas *2Rs 16.3andou nos estatutos que Israel fez. 20 Jeová rejeitou toda a linhagem de Israel, e os afligiu, e *2Rs 15.29os entregou nas mãos dos despojadores, até os ter lançado fora da sua presença. 21 Pois *1Rs 11.11,31ele rasgara Israel da casa de Davi; e eles *1Rs 12.20fizeram rei a Jeroboão, filho de Nebate; *1Rs 12.28-33Jeroboão apartou a Israel de Jeová e fê-lo cometer um grande pecado. 22 Os filhos de Israel andaram em todos os pecados que Jeroboão cometeu (não se apartaram deles), 23 *2Rs 17.6até que Jeová removeu a Israel de diante da sua face, *2Rs 17.13como falou por meio de todos os profetas, seus servos. *2Rs 17.6Assim, foi Israel transferido da sua terra para a Assíria, até o dia de hoje.

O rei da Assíria leva para Samaria muitos estrangeiros

24 *Ed 4.2,10O rei da Assíria trouxe gente de Babilônia, e de Cuta, e de *2Rs 18.34Ava, e de *1Rs 8.65Hamate, e de Sefarvaim e pô-la nas cidades de Samaria em lugar dos filhos de Israel; eles possuíram Samaria e habitaram nas suas cidades. 25 Quando começaram a habitar ali, não temiam a Jeová; portanto, Jeová enviou entre eles leões que os matavam. 26 Pelo que disseram ao rei da Assíria: As nações que transferiste e puseste nas cidades de Samaria não sabem a maneira de servir ao deus da terra; por isso, tem enviado entre eles leões, que os matam, porquanto não sabem a maneira de servir ao deus da terra.

27 Então, o rei da Assíria deu ordens, dizendo: Levai para lá um dos sacerdotes que vós de lá trouxestes (que eles vão e habitem ali); e que ele lhes ensine a maneira de servir ao deus da terra. 28 Veio um dos sacerdotes que eles tinham transferido de Samaria, e habitou em Betel, e lhes ensinava como deviam temer a Jeová. 29 Todavia, cada nação fez para si os seus deuses nas cidades que habitava, e puseram-nos *1Rs 12.31;13.32nas casas dos altos que os samaritanos tinham feito. 30 *2Rs 17.24Os de Babilônia fizeram Sucote-Benote, e os de Cuta fizeram Nergal, e os de Hamate fizeram Asima, 31 e os avitas fizeram Nibaz e Tartaque, e *2Rs 17.17os sefarvitas queimavam seus filhos no fogo a *2Rs 19.37Adrameleque e a Anameleque, deuses de *2Rs 17.24Sefarvaim. 32 *Sf 1.5Assim, temiam a Jeová e *1Rs 12.31dentre si fizeram sacerdotes dos altos, os quais sacrificavam por eles nas casas dos altos. 33 Eles temiam a Jeová e serviam aos seus deuses, segundo o costume das nações do meio das quais tinham sido transferidos.

34 Até o dia de hoje, seguem os antigos costumes, não temem a Jeová, nem fazem segundo os seus próprios estatutos e ordenanças ou segundo a lei e mandamento que Jeová deu aos filhos de Jacó, *Gn 32.28;35.10a quem chamou Israel; 35 com os quais Jeová fizera aliança e lhes tinha mandado, dizendo: *Jz 6.10Não temereis a outros deuses, *Êx 20.5nem vos prostrareis diante deles, nem os servireis, nem lhes oferecereis sacrifícios; 36 mas sim a Jeová, *Êx 14.15-30que vos tirou da terra do Egito com grande poder e *Êx 6.6;9.15com braço estendido, *Lv 19.32;Dt 6.13a ele temereis, e diante dele vos prostrareis, e a ele oferecereis sacrifícios. 37 Os estatutos, e as ordenanças, e a lei e o mandamento que vos deu por escrito, a esses tereis cuidado de *Dt 5.32os observar para sempre; não temereis a outros deuses. 38 *Dt 4.23;6.12Não vos esquecereis da aliança que fiz convosco, nem temereis a outros deuses; 39 mas temereis a Jeová, vosso Deus, e ele vos livrará das mãos de todos os vossos inimigos. 40 Contudo, eles não deram ouvidos, mas procederam segundo o seu antigo costume. 41 *Sf 1.5;Mt 6.24Assim, essas nações temiam a Jeová e serviam as suas imagens de escultura; como fizeram seus pais, assim fazem também seus filhos e os filhos de seus filhos, até o dia de hoje.

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.*17.3 gave: Heb. rendered*17.3 presents: or, tribute 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present 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.*17.4 present: or, tribute

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:*17.10 images: Heb. statues 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.*17.13 by: Heb. by the hand of 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.*17.33 whom…: or, who carried them away from thence 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.