¹⁷ Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,^(A)
who cannot be bought off with^[a] silver
and who have no desire for gold.
¹⁸ Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
They will have no compassion on offspring;
they will not look with pity on children.

For he is the living God,
and he endures for ever;
his kingdom will never be destroyed,^(C)
and his dominion has no end.

Name him Jezreel,^[a](A) for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel^(B)
on the house of Jehu^(C)
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.