12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He answered, “Because I know (A)the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you (B)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

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12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm(A) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(B) their little children(C) to the ground, and rip open(D) their pregnant women.”

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16 Samaria [a]is held guilty,
For she has (A)rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child (B)ripped open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:16 LXX shall be disfigured

16 The people of Samaria(A) must bear their guilt,(B)
    because they have rebelled(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(D)
    their little ones will be dashed(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(F) ripped open.”[a]

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  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
(A)Her young children also were dashed to pieces
(B)At the head of every street;
They (C)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.

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10 Yet she was taken captive(A)
    and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(B) to pieces
    at every street corner.
Lots(C) were cast for her nobles,
    and all her great men were put in chains.(D)

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16 Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked (A)Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All (B)the women there who were with child he ripped open.

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16 At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah(A) and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open(B) their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

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Then (A)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of (B)Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of (C)Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

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So the Lord’s anger(A) burned against Israel, and for a long time he kept them under the power(B) of Hazael king of Aram and Ben-Hadad(C) his son.

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Hazael Threatens Jerusalem

17 (A)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then (B)Hazael set his face to [a]go up to Jerusalem.

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  1. 2 Kings 12:17 Advance upon

17 About this time Hazael(A) king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

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13 Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)the people of Ammon, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,
That they might enlarge their territory.

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13 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Ammon,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women(B) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,

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16 Their children also will be (A)dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives (B)ravished.

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16 Their infants(A) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
    their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(B)

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For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them (A)and made them (B)like the dust at threshing.

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Nothing had been left(A) of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust(B) at threshing time.

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14 Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

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14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
    so that all your fortresses will be devastated(A)
as Shalman(B) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
    when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.(C)

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18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.

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18 Their bows(A) will strike down the young men;(B)
    they will have no mercy(C) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(D)

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Death of Jehu

32 In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and (A)Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel 33 from the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead—Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh—from (B)Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, including (C)Gilead and Bashan.

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32 In those days the Lord began to reduce(A) the size of Israel. Hazael(B) overpowered the Israelites throughout their territory 33 east of the Jordan in all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh), from Aroer(C) by the Arnon(D) Gorge through Gilead to Bashan.

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Judgment on the Nations

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have (B)threshed Gilead with implements of iron.
(C)But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of (D)Ben-Hadad.
I will also break the gate (E)bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who [a]holds the scepter from [b]Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”
Says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:5 Rules
  2. Amos 1:5 Lit. House of Eden

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Damascus,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she threshed Gilead
    with sledges having iron teeth,
I will send fire(C) on the house of Hazael(D)
    that will consume the fortresses(E) of Ben-Hadad.(F)
I will break down the gate(G) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in[a] the Valley of Aven[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.(H)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,(I)
says the Lord.(J)

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  1. Amos 1:5 Or the inhabitants of
  2. Amos 1:5 Aven means wickedness.