⁹ Proclaim to the citadel fortresses in Ashdod and the citadel fortresses in the land of Egypt and say: “Gather on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic in her midst and the oppression in her midst!” ¹⁰ “They do not know how to do right,” declares Yahweh,^[a] “those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses.” ¹¹ Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahweh, “A foe shall surround the land and bring down your strongholds, and your citadel fortresses shall be plundered.” ¹² Thus says Yahweh, “Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the people^[b] of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed.” ¹³ “Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares^[c] my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts. ¹⁴ “For on the day I punish Israel for its transgression,^[d] I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. ¹⁵ I will ruin the winter house as well as the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish and the great houses shall come to an end,” declares^[e] Yahweh.