⁹Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod

and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,

and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,

and see the great tumults within her,

and the oppressed in her midst.”

¹⁰“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,

“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

¹¹Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“An adversary shall surround the land

and bring down1 your defenses from you,

and your strongholds shall be plundered.”

¹²Thus says the Lord: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part2 of a bed.

¹³“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,”

declares the Lord God, the God of hosts,

¹⁴“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,

I will punish the altars of Bethel,

and the horns of the altar shall be cut off

and fall to the ground.

¹⁵I will strike the winter house along with the summer house,

and the houses of ivory shall perish,

and the great houses3 shall come to an end,”

declares the Lord.

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