Ya`akov's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Amos 3:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: *An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land, and he shall bring down your defenses from you and your strongholds shall be plundered. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. Common English Bible Therefore, the LORD my God proclaims: An enemy will surround the land; he will bring you down from your protected places, and your palaces will be robbed. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of these things, thus says the Lord God: The land will be encircled and squeezed together. And your strength will be drawn away from you, and your buildings will be torn apart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled. |
Ya`akov's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
There came against the land Pul the king of Ashur; and Menachem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
In the days of Pekach king of Yisra'el came Tiglat-Pil'eser king of Ashur, and took `Iyon, and Avel-Beit-Ma`akhah, and Yano`ach, and Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Gil`ad, and the Galil, all the land of Naftali; and he carried them captive to Ashur.
They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Yerushalayim, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.
There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
But I will send a fire on Yehudah, and it will devour the palaces of Yerushalayim.*
*Indeed they don't know to do right,* says the LORD, *Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.*
I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,* says the LORD.
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Yisra'el,* says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot; *and they will afflict you from the entrance of Chamat to the brook of the `Aravah.*
*The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,* says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot: *I abhor the pride of Ya`akov, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.