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.

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)

⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(B)

⁸ The lion^(A) has roared^(B)—
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?^(C)

⁴¹ Kerioth^[a](A) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors^(B)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(C)