2Ki 17:4, Isa 57:9, Hos 7:11-12, 16 | ESV | STEP | But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea , for he had sent messengers to So , king of Egypt , and offered no tribute 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 .

2 Kings 17:4

4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute 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.

Isaiah 57:9

9 You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
^ayou sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.

Hosea 7:11-12

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^bsilly and without sense,
calling to ^cEgypt, going to ^dAssyria.
12 As they go, ^eI will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
^fI will discipline them ^gaccording to the report made to their congregation.

Hosea 7:16

16 They ^hreturn, but not upward; ^{▼▼Or to the Most High}
they are ^jlike a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of ^kthe insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision ^lin the land of Egypt.