“But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.”
The promise that the LORD will raise up a nation against you that shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah indicates that Assyrian conquest will affect all of northern Israel. The specific geographic markers indicate comprehensive invasion.
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