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- And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,
- And behold the great tumults in the midst thereof,
- And the oppressed in the midst thereof.
- For they know not to do right, saith the Lord,
- Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
- 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.
- Thus saith the Lord;
- As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear;
- So shall the children of Israel be taken out
- That dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
- Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob,
- Saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
- That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him
- I will also visit the altars of Beth-el:
- And the horns of the altar shall be cut off,
- And fall to the ground.
- And I will smite the winter house with the summer house;
- And the houses of ivory shall perish,
- And the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
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