" Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: 'Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; See great tumults in her midst, And the oppressed within her.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary [shall be] all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered."
Thus says the LORD: "As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria -- In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
"That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit [destruction] on the altars of Bethel; And the horns of the altar shall be cut off And fall to the ground.