At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: (thou art) a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.