10:2 Their heart is slipping;
soon they will be punished for their guilt.
The Lord 1 will break their altars;
he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.
10:14 The roar of battle will rise against your people;
all your fortresses will be devastated,
just as Shalman devastated 2 Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
2 tn Heb “as the devastation of Shalman.” The genitive noun שַׁלְמַן (shalman, “Shalman”) functions as a subjective genitive: “as Shalman devastated [Beth Arbel].”