24 Subsequently the king of As·syrʹi·a brought people from Babylon*+ and Cuʹthah and Avʹva+ and Haʹmath+ and Seph·ar·vaʹim+ and had them dwell in the cities of Sa·marʹi·a+ instead of the sons of Israel; and they began to take possession of Sa·marʹi·a and to dwell in its cities.

12 “And it must occur that when Jehovah* terminates all his work in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I shall make an accounting for the fruitage of the insolence of the heart of the king of As·syrʹi·a and for the self-importance of his loftiness of eyes.+

31 For because of the voice of Jehovah As·syrʹi·a will be struck with terror;+ he will strike [it] even with a staff.+

18 “Your shepherds have become drowsy,+ O king of As·syrʹi·a; your majestic ones stay in their residences.+ Your people have been scattered upon the mountains, and there is no one collecting [them] together.+

13 “And he will stretch out his hand toward the north, and he will destroy As·syrʹi·a.+ And he will make Ninʹe·veh a desolate waste,+ a waterless region like the wilderness.