carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day. World English Bible until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day. Young's Literal Translation till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day. As he had said by all his servants the prophets - The writer refers not only to the extant prophecies of Moses ( Leviticus 26:33 ; Deuteronomy 4:26-27 ; Deuteronomy 28:36 , etc.), Ahijah the Shilohite (marginal reference), Hosea Hos 9:3, Hosea 9:17 , and Amos Amo 7:17, but also to the entire series of warnings and predictions which prophet after prophet in a long unbroken succession had addressed to the disobedient Israelites 2 Kings 17:13 on their apostasy, and so leaving them wholly "without excuse" (see the 2 Kings 17:13 note). Unto this day - The words, taken in combination with the rest of the chapter, distinctly show that the Israelites had not returned to their land by the time of the composition of the Books of Kings. They show nothing as to their ultimate fate. But, on the whole, it would seem probable: (1) that the ten tribes never formed a community in their exile, but were scattered from the first; and (2)