Hos 9:16-17, 10:14, 13:7-8, 15-16, Amo 2:6-9, 3:9-15, 5:25-27, 6:7-11 | ESV | STEP | Ephraim is stricken ; their root is dried up ; they shall bear no fruit . Even though they give birth , I will put their beloved children to death .

16 Ephraim is stricken;
^atheir root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even ^bthough they give birth,
^cI will put their beloved children to death.
17 ^dMy God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
^ethey shall be wanderers among the nations.

Hosea 10:14

14 therefore ^fthe tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as ^gShalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
^hmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Hosea 13:7-8

7 So ⁱI am to them like a lion;
^jlike a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them ^klike a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
^las a wild beast would rip them open.

Hosea 13:15-16

15 Though ^mhe may flourish among his brothers,
ⁿthe east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
^oand his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip ^phis treasury
of every precious thing.
16 ^{▼▼Ch 14:1 in Hebrew} Samaria ^rshall bear her guilt,
because ^sshe has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
^ttheir little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their ^upregnant women ripped open.

Amos 2:6-9

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

^v“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^wthey sell the righteous for ^xsilver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor ^yinto the dust of the earth
and ^zturn aside the way of the afflicted;
^aaa man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments ^abtaken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
9 “Yet ^acit was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
^adwhose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
^aeI destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.

Amos 3:9-15

9 Proclaim to the strongholds in ^afAshdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on ^agthe mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and ^ahthe oppressed in her midst.”
10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
^ai“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

^aj“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 ^alyour strongholds shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord: ^am“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, ^anso shall the people of Israel ^aowho 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, ^aqand testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, ^arthe God of hosts,
14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
^asI will punish the altars of Bethel,
and ^atthe horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 ^auI will strike ^avthe winter house along with ^awthe summer house,
and ^axthe houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses ^{▼▼Or and many houses} shall come to an end,”

declares the Lord.

Amos 5:25-27

25 ^az“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 ^baYou ^bbshall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 ^bcand I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is ^bdthe God of hosts.

Amos 6:7-11

7 ^beTherefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”
8 ^bfThe Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:

“I abhor ^bgthe pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
^bhand I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”
9 And ^biif ten men remain in one house, they shall die. 10 And when one’s relative, ^bjthe one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, ^bk“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

11 For behold, the Lord commands,
and ^blthe great house shall be struck down into fragments,
and the little house into bits.