14 An uproar will arise among your people,
And all your (A)fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When (B)mothers were [a]slaughtered with their children.
15 So it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:14 Lit shattered

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