And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.