9 At that the king of As·syrʹi·a listened to him and the king of As·syrʹi·a went up to Damascus+ and captured it+ and led its [people] into exile at Kir,+ and Reʹzin+ he put to death.

6 And Eʹlam+ itself has taken up the quiver, in the war chariot of earthling man, [with] steeds; and Kir+ itself has uncovered the shield.

7 “‘Are YOU not like the sons of the Cushʹites* to me, O sons of Israel?’ is the utterance of Jehovah. ‘Did I not bring Israel itself up out of the land of Egypt,+ and the Phi·lisʹtines+ out of Crete,* and Syria* out of Kir?’*+