Deuteronomy 28:33
33A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,2 Kings 15:16-20
16At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, aand he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant.Menahem Reigns in Israel
17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria. 18And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. 19 bPul ▼▼Another name for Tiglath-pileser III (compare verse 29)
the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave dPul a thousand talents ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of silver, that he might help him fto confirm his hold on the royal power. 20Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land. 2 Kings 15:29
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, hTiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured iIjon, jAbel-beth-maacah, Janoah, kKedesh, lHazor, Gilead, and mGalilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.Amos 5:11-12
11Therefore because you ntrample on ▼▼Or you tax
the poorand you exact taxes of grain from him,
pyou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
qyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who rtake a bribe,
and sturn aside the needy tin the gate.
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