8. The Lord had warned the people of Israel,
9. and all of them knew it, including everyone in the capital city of Samaria. But they were proud and stubborn and said,
10. “Houses of brick and sycamorehave fallen to the ground,but we will build houseswith stones and cedar.”
11. The Lord made their enemies attack them.
12. He sent the Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west, and they swallowed up Israel. But even this did not stop him from being angry, so he kept on punishing them.