9. Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdodand to the fortresses of Egypt:‘Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria;see the great unrest within herand the oppression among her people.’
10. ‘They do not know how to do right,’ declares the Lord,‘who store up in their fortresseswhat they have plundered and looted.’
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.