¹² “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm^(A) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash^(B) their little children^(C) to the ground, and rip open^(D) their pregnant women.”

¹⁰ So I will not look on them with pity^(A) or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.^(B)”

⁵ As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity^(A) or compassion.^{(B) 6} Slaughter^(C) the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children,^(D) but do not touch anyone who has the mark.^(E) Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the old men^(F) who were in front of the temple.^(G)

¹⁷ He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,^[a](A) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men^(B) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.^(C) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.^(D)

Nineveh to Fall