11. So this is what the Lord God says:“An enemy will take over the land.He will pull down your strong towers.He will take the treasures you hid in your strong cities.”
12. This is what the Lord says:“A shepherd might save from a lion’s mouthonly two leg bones or a scrap of an ear of his sheep.In the same way only a few Israelites will be saved.These people now sit on their beds in Samaria.They sit on their couches.”
13. “You nations, listen to what I say against the family of Israel. You are my witnesses against them,” says the Lord God, the God of heaven’s armies.
14. “The people of Israel sinned, and I will punish them.I will also destroy the altars at Bethel.The corners of the altar will be cut off,and they will fall to the ground.
15. I will tear down the winter house,together with the summer house.The houses decorated with ivory will be destroyed.And the great houses will come to an end,” says the Lord.