11. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:‘An enemy will overrun your land,pull down your strongholdsand plunder your fortresses.’
12. This is what the Lord says:‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouthonly two leg bones or a piece of an ear,so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,with only the head of a bedand a piece of fabric from a couch.’
13. ‘Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,’ declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
14. ‘On the day I punish Israel for her sins,I will destroy the altars of Bethel;the horns of the altar will be cut offand fall to the ground.
15. I will tear down the winter housealong with the summer house;the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyedand the mansions will be demolished,’declares the Lord.