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14 Therefore a disaster will come upon your people,
    and all of your fortresses will be ruined.
As Shalman[a] destroyed Beth-arbel in wartime,
    mothers were[b] dashed to pieces
        along with their children.
15 The same will happen to you, Bethel,
    because of your great evil—
        early one morning the king of Israel will be totally silenced.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:14 Possibly Shalmaneser, king of Assyria; cf. 2Kings 17:3
  2. Hosea 10:14 Lit. a mother was

14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

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