Hosea 10:14

Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel

10:14 The roar of battle will rise against your people;

all your fortresses will be devastated,

just as Shalman devastated ¹  Beth Arbel on the day of battle,

when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

Hosea 13:16

13:16 (14:1) ²  Samaria will be held guilty, ³ 

because she rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword,

their infants will be dashed to the ground –

their ⁴  pregnant women will be ripped open.

Leviticus 26:31

26:31 I will lay your cities waste ⁵  and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

Leviticus 26:33

26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword ⁶  after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Deuteronomy 28:52

28:52 They will besiege all of your villages ⁷  until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 32:25

32:25 The sword will make people childless outside,

and terror will do so inside;

they will destroy ⁸  both the young man and the virgin,

the infant and the gray-haired man.

Jeremiah 5:17

5:17 They will eat up your crops and your food.

They will kill off ⁹  your sons and your daughters.

They will eat up your sheep and your cattle.

They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. ¹⁰ 

Their weapons will batter down ¹¹ 

the fortified cities you trust in.

Micah 5:11

5:11 I will destroy the cities of your land,

and tear down all your fortresses.

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “as the devastation of Shalman.” The genitive noun שַׁלְמַן (shalman, “Shalman”) functions as a subjective genitive: “as Shalman devastated [Beth Arbel].”

[13:16]  ² sn Beginning with 13:16, the verse numbers through 14:9 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 13:16 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:1 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:9 ET = 14:10 HT. Thus ch. 14 in the Hebrew Bible has 10 verses.

[13:16]  ³ tn Or “must bear its guilt” (NIV similar); NLT “must bear the consequences of their guilt”; CEV “will be punished.”

[13:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” This is a collective singular, as recognized by almost all English versions.

[26:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “And I will give your cities a waste”; NLT “make your cities desolate.”

[26:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I will empty sword” (see HALOT 1228 s.v. ריק 3).

[28:52]  ⁷ tn Heb “gates,” also in vv. 55, 57.

[32:25]  ⁸ tn A verb is omitted here in the Hebrew text; for purposes of English style one suitable to the context is supplied.

[5:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “eat up.”

[5:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “eat up your grapes and figs”; Heb “eat up your vines and your fig trees.”

[5:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “They will beat down with the sword.” The term “sword” is a figure of speech (synecdoche) for military weapons in general. Siege ramps, not swords, beat down city walls; swords kill people, not city walls.