In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there the
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plund
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above
“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fo
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated B
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I w
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: