Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assembleyourselvesupon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the greattumults in the midstthereof, and the oppressed in the midstthereof.
Thereforethussaith the Lord GOD; An adversarythereshall be evenroundabout the land; and he shallbringdown thy strengthfromthee, and thy palacesshall be spoiled.
Thussaith the LORD; As the shepherdtaketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out thatdwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
That in the day that I shallvisit the transgressions of Israelupon him I willalsovisit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altarshall be cut off, and fall to the ground.