Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the territory thereof from Tirzah: because they did not open to him, therefore he struck it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
You have summoned as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
And say to Tyre, O you who are situated at the entrance of the sea, who are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus says the Lord GOD; O Tyre, you have said, I am perfect in beauty.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be laid waste, as Shalman laid waste Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity out of his land.