从前以法莲说话，人都战兢。他在以色列中高举自己；但他因事奉巴力而犯罪，就死了。

从前以法莲说话，人都战兢，他在以色列中居处高位；但他在侍奉巴力的事上犯罪，就死了。

从前以法莲一说话，人都战兢。他原在以色列中居高位，但后来因事奉巴力犯了罪，就死了。

从前厄弗辣因一发言，令人害怕，他原是以色列中的首领；但后来他因巴耳而犯罪，至于灭亡。

从前以法莲一说话，人都战战兢兢；他在以色列中居高位；但因服事巴力（即：外国人的神）而有罪，他就死了。

从前以法莲说话，人都战兢，他在以色列中居处高位；但他在事奉巴力的事上犯罪就死了。

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. / He exalted himself in Israel; / But he trespassed through Baal and died.

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

When Ephraim spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.

现今他们越发犯罪，用银子为自己造铸像，就是照自己的聪明制造的偶像，都是匠人的工作。他们论到那些偶像，说，献祭的人可以向牛犊亲嘴。

现今他们罪上加罪，用银子为自己铸造偶像，就是照自己的聪明制造，都是匠人的工作。有人论说，献祭的人可以向牛犊亲嘴。

现在他们犯罪越来越多，为自己做铸像，按着自己的技巧，用自己的银子做偶像；这些都是匠人的手工。他们论到这些说：“向偶像献祭的人，可以与牛犊亲嘴。”

如今他们仍旧犯罪，用银子为自己铸神像，按照他们的幻想制造偶像；这一切只是匠人的作品，他们反说：应向它们献祭！各人就口亲牛犊。

如今呢、他们罪越犯越多了，他们为自己造了铸像，按自己的技巧聪明，用他们的银子造偶象，都是匠人的作品；就说：向这些偶象献祭吧！嘿，人（经点窜翻译的）跟对牛犊亲嘴！

现今他们罪上加罪，为自己铸造偶像，凭自己的聪明用银子来造，都是匠人的工作。他们论它们说，献祭的人要向牛犊亲嘴。

וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ יֹוסִ֣פוּ לַחֲטֹ֗א וַיַּעְשׂ֣וּ לָהֶם֩ מַסֵּכָ֨ה מִכַּסְפָּ֤ם כִּתְבוּנָם֙ עֲצַבִּ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָשִׁ֖ים כֻּלֹּ֑הלָהֶם֙ הֵ֣ם אֹמְרִ֔ים זֹבְחֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם עֲגָלִ֖ים יִשָּׁקֽוּן׃

And now they sin more and more / And make molten images for themselves out of their silver, / Idols according to their own understanding, / All of it the work of craftsmen. / Of them they say, / Let the men who sacrifice / Kiss the calves.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding -- idols, A work of artizans -- all of it, Of them they say, who are sacrificers among men, 'The calves let them kiss.'

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

因此，他们必如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像禾场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又像烟气从窗口腾散。

因此，他们必如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又像烟气腾于窗外。

因此，他们必像早晨的云雾，又如易逝的朝露，又像打谷场上的糠秕被旋风吹去，又像烟气从烟窗上腾。

因此，他们将如黎明的云雾，如易逝的朝露，如禾场上被风卷去的糠秕，如由窗户冒出的烟气。

因此他们必像早晨的云雾，又如早散的朝露，好像糠秕从禾场上旋转起，又像烟气腾于格子窗外。

因此，他们必如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像禾场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又如烟气腾于窗外。

לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיוּ֙ כַּעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הֹלֵ֑ךְ כְּמֹץ֙ יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃

Therefore they will be like a morning cloud / And like dew that departs early, / Like chaff driven by a storm wind from the threshing floor / And like smoke from a window vent.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.

Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.

自从在埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的神；在我以外，你不可认识别神，除我以外并没有救主。

“自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的神。在我以外，你不可认识别神；除我以外并没有救主。

“自从你出埃及地以来，我就是耶和华你的神。除我以外，你不可有别的神；除我以外，再没有拯救者。

从在埃及地时，我就是上主，你的天主；除我以外，你不可认识其他的神；除我以外，别无拯救者。

我永恒主你的上帝、领你从埃及地上来的；除了我以外、你没有同别的神知交，我以外并没有拯救者。

…我就是雅威──你的神；自从你出埃及地以来，在我以外，你不可认识别神，除我以外并没有救主。

וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וֵאלֹהִ֤ים זֽוּלָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תֵדָ֔ע וּמֹושִׁ֥יעַ אַ֖יִן בִּלְתִּֽי׃

But I have been Jehovah your God / Since the land of Egypt; / And you were to know no god except Me, / For there is no savior besides Me.

Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.

And I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour -- there is none save Me.

But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.

我曾在旷野极其干旱之地认识你。

我曾在旷野干旱之地认识你。

我曾在旷野，在干旱之地，认识你。

我在旷野中──在干旱之地──牧放了你。

在旷野是我同你知交，在亢旱之地是我牧养（七十子及叙利亚译本作此读法以译‘认识’一词）了你。

我曾在旷野，…认识你。就是那干旱之地

אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֹֽות׃

I knew you in the wilderness, / In the land of great drought.

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat.

他们照我所赐的草场得了饱足；既得饱足，心就高傲，忘记了我。

这些民照我所赐的食物得了饱足；既得饱足，心就高傲，忘记了我。

但他们得了喂养，饱足以后，就心高气傲，因此忘记了我。

我牧养了他们，使他们得以饱食；但饱食之后，他们便心高气傲，反而忘却了我。

在这些人民既得吃了（传统：按照他们的草场），就吃得饱饫；既得饱饫了，就心高气傲，因而忘记了我。

当他们得到喂养，就得饱足；既得饱足，心就高傲，因而忘记了我。

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רָם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃

According to their pasturage they became full; / They became full, and their heart was exalted; / Therefore they have forgotten Me.

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

因此，我要向他们如狮子，又如豹伏在道旁窥视。

因此，我向他们如狮子，又如豹伏在道旁。

所以我要像狮子临到他们，像豹子埋伏在路旁。

所以我对他们将像一只狮子，像一头豹子，伏在路旁，窥伺他们；

故此我对他们必像猛狮，像豹子在道旁窥探着。

我向他们如狮子，又如豹伏在道旁。

וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמֹו־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃

Thus I will be to them like a lion; / Like a leopard I will watch them along the way.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

So I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

我遇见他们必像丢崽子的母熊，撕裂他们的心膜；在那里我必像母狮吞吃他们；田野的走兽必撕碎他们。

我遇见他们必像丢崽子的母熊，撕裂他们的胸膛（或作“心膜”）。在那里我必像母狮吞吃他们，野兽必撕裂他们。

我要袭击他们，像一只失掉幼熊的母熊，撕裂他们的胸膛；在那里我必像一只母狮吞吃他们；野兽必撕裂他们。

像一头失掉幼子的母熊冲向他们，撕破他们胸内的心，好叫野狗在那里吞食他们，野兽撕裂他们。

我必像丢崽子的母熊猛扑他们，撕裂他们的心囊，在那里像母狮吞吃他们；野兽必撕开他们。

我如失丧幼子的母熊，攻击他们，撕裂他们的胸膛。我在那里必如母狮吞吃他们；野兽必撕裂他们。

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ כְּדֹ֣ב שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע סְגֹ֣ור לִבָּ֑ם וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם שָׁם֙ כְּלָבִ֔יא חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃

I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, / And I will tear away the covering of their heart; / And I will devour them there like a lioness; / The beast of the field will tear them to pieces.

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open. Like a lion I will devour them; a wild animal will tear them apart.

以色列啊，你反对我，就是反对帮助你的，自取毁坏。

“以色列啊，你与我反对，就是反对帮助你的，自取败坏。

“以色列啊，我要毁灭你，谁能帮助你呢？

以色列！我要摧毁你，有谁能援助你？

以色列啊，我要毁灭你（传统：你的毁灭。今仿叙利亚译本改点母音译之）；谁（传统：因为在我）能帮助你呢？

以色列啊，它会使你毁灭，因你与我反对，就是反对那帮助你的。

שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֥ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּֽי־בִ֥י בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃

It is your destruction, O Israel, / That you are against Me, against your help.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.

And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

现在你的王在哪里呢？让他在你所有的城中拯救你吧。审理你的在哪里呢？论到他们，你曾说，把王和首领赐给我。

你曾求我说：‘给我立王和首领。’现在你的王在哪里呢？治理你的在哪里呢？让他在你所有的城中拯救你吧！

现在你的王在哪里？让他拯救你吧！你所有的领袖在哪里？让他们治理你吧！因为论到他们你曾请求：‘把王和领袖赐给我。’

你的君王在哪里？让他来拯救你！你所有的首领在哪里？叫他们来保护你！因为你曾说：“请你赐给我君王和首领！”

论到王和首领你曾说：“将王和首领赐给我吧！”那么你的王在哪里（传统：我要做），好拯救你呢？你的首领都（传统：在你所有的城市里）在哪里，好保卫你呢（传统：你的官吏）？

现在，你的王在哪里呢？让他在你各城中拯救你吧！治理你的，…又在哪里呢？就是你曾求我说：给我立王和领袖的，

אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפֹ֔וא וְיֹושִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃

Where then is your king, / That he may save you in all your cities, / And your judges of whom you said, / Give me a king and some princes?

I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? --

Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel, But in Me is thy help, Where is thy king now -- And he doth save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou didst say, 'Give to me a king and heads?'

Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?

我在怒气中将王赐给你，又在盛怒中将王废去。

我在怒气中将王赐你，又在烈怒中将王废去。

我在忿怒中把王赐给你，又在烈怒中把他废去。

我在忿怒中给了你君王，我也要在盛怒中，再将他除去。

我气忿忿地将王赐了你，又怒烘烘地给废去。

我在怒气中将王赐给你，又在烈怒中将王废去。

אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ ס

I gave you a king in My anger / And took him away in My overflowing wrath.

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath.

So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.

以法莲的罪孽是包裹着的，他的罪是收藏着的。

“以法莲的罪孽包裹，他的罪恶收藏。

以法莲的罪孽是封着的，他的罪恶贮藏起来。

厄弗辣因的邪恶已被封存，他的罪孽已被贮藏。

以法莲的罪孽是包封着的，他的罪是收藏着的。

以法莲的罪孽被卷起，他的罪恶被收藏。

צָרוּר֙ עֲוֹ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֹֽו׃

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; / His sin is laid up in store.

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.

Bound up is the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden is his sin,

The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.

产妇的疼痛必临到他身上。他是无智慧之子，到了产期，他不应当迟延。

产妇的疼痛必临到他身上，他是无智慧之子，到了产期不当迟延。

生产的疼痛要临到他身上，他却是没有智慧的人，因为产期到了，他还迟延不破胎而出。

分娩的剧痛将临到他身上，可是胎儿是一个愚蠢的孩子，虽然时候到了，他仍不愿脱离母胎。

生产的疼痛必临到他身上，但他是个毫无智慧之子；到了产期他还是迟延于子宫口。

产妇的疼痛必临到他身上；他是无智慧之子，胎儿临盆时竟未出现。

חֶבְלֵ֥י יֹֽולֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ לֹ֑ו הוּא־בֵן֙ לֹ֣א חָכָ֔ם כִּֽי־עֵ֥ת לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּמִשְׁבַּ֥ר בָּנִֽים׃

The pains of a woman giving birth will come upon him. / He is an unwise son; / For he should not delay at the time / The children break forth.

The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.

Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.

Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he does not come to the opening of the womb.

我必救赎他们脱离阴间的权势，救赎他们脱离死亡。死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里？阴间哪，你的毁灭在哪里？在我眼前绝无后悔。

我必救赎他们脱离阴间，救赎他们脱离死亡。死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里呢？阴间哪，你的毁灭在哪里呢？在我眼前绝无后悔之事。

我要救赎他们脱离阴间的权势吗？救赎他们脱离死亡吗？死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里？阴间啊，你的毁灭在哪里？怜悯必从我眼前隐藏起来。

我要解救他们脱离死亡吗？死亡啊！你的灾害在哪里？阴府啊！你的毁灭在哪里？怜悯已由我的眼前隐蔽了。

我必赎救他们脱离阴间的权势；我必赎回他们脱离死亡。死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里（传统：我要做）？阴间哪，你的毁灭在哪里（传统：我要做）？我看不到须改变心意呀。

我必救赎他们脱离阴间，救赎他们脱离死亡。死亡啊，你的灾害在哪里？阴间哪，你的毁灭在哪里？怜悯必从我眼前隐藏。

מִיַּ֤ד שְׁאֹול֙ אֶפְדֵּ֔ם מִמָּ֖וֶת אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם אֱהִ֨י דְבָרֶיךָ֜ מָ֗וֶת אֱהִ֤י קָֽטָבְךָ֙ שְׁאֹ֔ול נֹ֖חַם יִסָּתֵ֥ר מֵעֵינָֽי׃

From the power of Sheol I will ransom them; / From death I will redeem them. / Where are your plagues, O death? / Where is your destruction, O Sheol? / Repentance will be hidden from My eyes.

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where is thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? I will have no compassion,

他在弟兄中虽然茂盛，必有东风刮来，就是耶和华的风从旷野上来，他的泉源必干涸，他的源头必枯竭。仇敌必掳掠他所积蓄的一切宝器。

他在弟兄中虽然茂盛，必有东风刮来，就是耶和华的风从旷野上来。他的泉源必干，他的源头必竭。仇敌必掳掠他所积蓄的一切宝器。

他虽然在芦苇中长得茂盛，但东风必要来到，耶和华的风要从旷野上来，他的水泉就干涸，他的泉源就枯竭。他所贮藏的一切珍贵器皿，都被掠夺去了。

他在芦苇中虽然长的茂盛，但必有东风吹来：上主的风必由旷野吹来，使他的泉源枯竭，使他的涌泉干涸。他必掠去他所贮藏的一切宝物。

尽管他像菖蒲（传统：在弟兄之间）那么茂盛，也必有热东风刮来，必有永恒主的风从旷野刮上来；他的泉源必干；他的水泉就干涸，他的泉源就旱竭了；风必掠夺他所贮藏的一切宝器。

他在弟兄中虽然茂盛，必有东风刮来，就是雅威的风从旷野上来。他的泉源必干，他的源头必竭，它(指风)必夺走所积蓄的一切宝物。

כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵּ֥ן אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָבֹ֣וא קָדִים֩ ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤ושׁ מְקֹורֹו֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔וה֣וּא יִשְׁסֶ֔ה אֹוצַ֖ר כָּל־כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃

Even if he should be fruitful among his brothers, / An east wind will come, / A wind of Jehovah / Coming up from the wilderness, / And his spring will become dry, / And his fountain will be dried up. / He will plunder the treasure / Of every desirable vessel.

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah [that] cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It -- it spoileth a treasure -- every desirable vessel.

even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the Lord will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.

撒玛利亚必有罪，因为悖逆她的神。他们必倒在刀下，婴孩必被摔死，孕妇必被剖开。

撒玛利亚必担当自己的罪，因为悖逆他的神。他必倒在刀下，婴孩必被摔死，孕妇必被剖开。”

撒玛利亚必承担自己罪的刑罚，因为他背叛了他的神。他们必倒在刀下。他们的婴孩被摔死，他们的孕妇必被剖开肚腹。”（本节在《马索拉抄本》为14:1）

撒玛利亚必担当他自己的罪罚，因为他悖逆了他的上帝；他们必倒毙于刀下，他们的婴孩必被摔死，他们的孕妇必被剖开。

(原文14:1)撒玛利亚犯罪，因为她背叛她的神。他们必倒在刀下，婴孩必被摔死，孕妇必被剖开。

Samaria will be guilty, / For she rebelled against her God. / They will fall by the sword; / Their children will be dashed in pieces, / And their pregnant women will be ripped up.

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.

Samaria shall bear her guilt; 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.

Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!

The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open."