Hosea 10:14

Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel

10:14 The roar of battle will rise against your people;

all your fortresses will be devastated,

just as Shalman devastated ¹  Beth Arbel on the day of battle,

when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

Hosea 13:16

13:16 (14:1) ²  Samaria will be held guilty, ³ 

because she rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword,

their infants will be dashed to the ground –

their ⁴  pregnant women will be ripped open.

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “as the devastation of Shalman.” The genitive noun שַׁלְמַן (shalman, “Shalman”) functions as a subjective genitive: “as Shalman devastated [Beth Arbel].”

[13:16]  ² sn Beginning with 13:16, the verse numbers through 14:9 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 13:16 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:1 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:9 ET = 14:10 HT. Thus ch. 14 in the Hebrew Bible has 10 verses.

[13:16]  ³ tn Or “must bear its guilt” (NIV similar); NLT “must bear the consequences of their guilt”; CEV “will be punished.”

[13:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” This is a collective singular, as recognized by almost all English versions.