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)
15 So will it happen to you, Bethel,
    because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.(D)

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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