“Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath 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.”
The promise that Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God and they shall fall by the sword indicates that the capital of Israel will experience judgment through military defeat. The dashing of children and ripping of pregnant women represents the violence and brutality of military conquest. This verse concludes the chapter with specific and horrifying promises of the violence that will accompany military judgment.
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