<p class="poetry">Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes;p> <p class="poetry">their houses will be lootedp> <p class="poetry">and their wives raped.p>

Hazael asked, &#8220;Why are you crying, my master?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.&#8221;