Pass ye untoCalneh, and see; and fromthence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be theybetterthanthesekingdoms? or theirbordergreaterthanyourborder?
The Lord GOD hathsworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: thereforewill I deliver up the citywith all that is therein.
And a man’suncleshalltake him up, and he thatburneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any withthee? and he shall say, No. Thenshall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not makemention of the name of the LORD.
But, behold, I willraise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and theyshallafflict you from the entering in of Hemathunto the river of the wilderness.