¹⁶ The people of Samaria^(A) must bear their guilt,^(B)
    because they have rebelled^(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;^(D)
    their little ones will be dashed^(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women^(F) ripped open.”^[a]

¹⁷ Some became fools^(A) through their rebellious ways^(B)
    and suffered affliction^(C) because of their iniquities.
¹⁸ They loathed all food^(D)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(E)

⁹ Ephraim will be laid waste^(A)
    on the day of reckoning.^(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(C)

¹¹ he dragged me from the path and mangled^(A) me
    and left me without help.

¹³ “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.^(A)
He spread a net^(B) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,^(C)
    faint^(D) all the day long.

¹⁸ If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.^(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.^(B)’”

“Until the cities lie ruined^(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(D)