Hos 13:16, Amo 3:11-4:3, 6:7, 9:1-4, Mic 1:6-9, 6:16, 7:13 | ESV | STEP | Samaria shall bear her guilt , because she has rebelled against her God ; they shall fall by the sword ; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

16 ^{▼▼Ch 14:1 in Hebrew} Samaria ^bshall bear her guilt,
because ^cshe has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
^dtheir little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their ^epregnant women ripped open.

Amos 3:11-15

11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

^f“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down ^{▼▼Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down} your defenses from you,
and ^hyour strongholds shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord: ⁱ“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, ^jso shall the people of Israel ^kwho dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} of a bed.

13 “Hear, ^mand testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, ⁿthe God of hosts,
14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
^oI will punish the altars of Bethel,
and ^pthe horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 ^qI will strike ^rthe winter house along with ^sthe summer house,
and ^tthe houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses ^{▼▼Or and many houses} shall come to an end,”

declares the Lord.

Amos 4:1-3

1 “Hear this word, ^vyou cows of Bashan,
who are ^won the mountain of Samaria,
^xwho oppress the poor, ^ywho crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
2 ^zThe Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
^aawhen they shall take you away with hooks,
^abeven the last of you with fishhooks.
3 ^acAnd you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”

declares the Lord.

Amos 6:7

7 ^adTherefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”

Amos 9:1-4

The Destruction of Israel

1 I saw the Lord standing beside ^{▼▼Or on} the altar, and he said:

^af“Strike the capitals until ^agthe thresholds ^ahshake,
^aiand shatter them on the heads of all the people; ^{▼▼Hebrew all of them}
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
^aknot one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 ^al“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
^amif they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide themselves on ^anthe top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
^aoand if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 ^apAnd if they go into captivity before their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
^aqand I will fix my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”

Micah 1:6-9

6 Therefore I will make ^arSamaria ^asa heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones ^atinto the valley
and ^auuncover her foundations.
7 All ^avher carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
^awall her wages shall be burned with fire,
and all her idols I will lay waste,
for from ^axthe fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
8 ^ayFor this I will lament and wail;
I will go ^azstripped and naked;
I will make lamentation ^balike the jackals,
and mourning ^bblike the ostriches.
9 ^bcFor her wound is incurable,
and it has come to Judah;
it has reached to the gate of my people,
to Jerusalem.

Micah 6:16

16 For you have kept the statutes of ^bdOmri, ^{▼▼Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept}
and all the works of the house of ^bfAhab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you ^bga desolation, and your ^{▼▼Hebrew its} inhabitants ^bia hissing;
so you shall bear ^bjthe scorn of my people.”

Micah 7:13

13 But ^bkthe earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their deeds.