“An enemy will overrun your land,
    pull down your strongholds
    and plunder your fortresses.^(A)”

“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s^(B) mouth
    only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
    with only the head of a bed
    and a piece of fabric^[a] from a couch.^[b](C)”

¹⁴ “On the day I punish^(E) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;^(F)
the horns^(G) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.
¹⁵ I will tear down the winter house^(H)
    along with the summer house;^(I)
the houses adorned with ivory^(J) will be destroyed
    and the mansions^(K) will be demolished,^(L)”
declares the Lord.^(M)

¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(C)
    there they lie down;^(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

¹³ The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
    as the result of their deeds.^(A)

¹¹ I will destroy the cities^(A) of your land
    and tear down all your strongholds.^(B)

⁹ “The high places^(A) of Isaac will be destroyed
    and the sanctuaries^(B) of Israel will be ruined;
    with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.^(C)”

¹⁵     even though he thrives^(A) among his brothers.
An east wind^(B) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.^(C)
His storehouse will be plundered^(D)
    of all its treasures.
¹⁶ The people of Samaria^(E) must bear their guilt,^(F)
    because they have rebelled^(G) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;^(H)
    their little ones will be dashed^(I) to the ground,
    their pregnant women^(J) ripped open.”^[a]

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)