6. The thing itself shall be carried to Assyriaas tribute to the great king.Ephraim shall be put to shame,and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
7. Samaria’s king shall perishlike a twig on the face of the waters.
8. The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow upon their altars,and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
9. From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;there they have continued.Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
10. When I please, I will discipline them,and nations shall be gathered against themwhen they are bound up for their double iniquity.