the casting out
Samaria, the capital of Israel, was besieged and Israel (not Judah) was taken into captivity:
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah [king of Judah], which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged [...]
After the prophecy to David of the planting of the people of Israel in a new land (2 Samuel 7:10), his kingdom was divided into Israel (ten tribes) and Judah (two tribes). Israel was ruled by Ephraim and its capital was Samaria. The royal line of Judah ruled in the kingdom of Judah whose capital [...]
The scriptures tell us that after the taking away of the Kingdom from Israel, it was to be restored. This was the authority and commission given to Jeremiah:
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to [...]
