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14 Now the terrors of war
    will rise among your people.
All your fortifications will fall,
    just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel.
Even mothers and children
    were dashed to death there.
15 You will share that fate, Bethel,
    because of your great wickedness.
When the day of judgment dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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14 Therefore, the noise of war will rise against your people;
        all your fortresses will be destroyed,
    as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
        when mothers were dashed into pieces with their children.
15 It will indeed happen to you, Bethel,
        because of your great wickedness.
    At dawn, the king of Israel will be cut off completely.

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