Bloodlust

"The army of the king of Asshura subjected the whole of Israel, and they came to Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, exiled the Israelites to Asshura and made them settle in Halah, at the banks of Habor, the river of Gozan, as well as in the cities of the Medes.

"This happened because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh, their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, where they were subject to Pharaoh, but they had turned back to other gods. They followed the customs of the nations which Yahweh had driven out before them.

"Yahweh warned Israel and Judah through the mouth of every prophet and seer, saying: 'Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and precepts according to the laws which I commanded your fathers and which I have sent to you by my servants, the prophets.'

"But they did not listen and refused as did their fathers who did not believe in Yahweh, their God. They despised his statutes and the covenant he had made with their fathers, and the warnings he had given them. They went after worthless idols and they themselves became worthless, following the nations which surrounded them, in spite of what Yahweh had said, 'Do not do as they do.'

"So Yahweh became indignant with Israel and cast them far away from his presence, leaving only the tribe of Judah."

2 KINGS 17:5-8,13-15,18

"Father, give us the courage and will
to fight for what is good for us."

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