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)

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]

¹² All your fortresses are like fig trees
    with their first ripe fruit;^(A)
when they are shaken,
    the figs^(B) fall into the mouth of the eater.