12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” And he [a]answered, “Because (A)I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: you will set their fortified cities on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, their little ones you (B)will smash to pieces, and you will rip up their pregnant women.”

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  1. 2 Kings 8:12 Lit said

16 Their (A)little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives raped.

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16 [a]Samaria will pay the penalty for her (A)guilt,
Because she has (B)rebelled against her God.
(C)They will fall by the (D)sword,
Their children will be [b](E)slaughtered,
And their pregnant (F)women will be ripped open.

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  1. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Heb
  2. Hosea 13:16 Lit shattered

10 Yet she (A)became an exile,
She went into captivity;
Also her (B)small children were smashed to pieces
(C)At the head of every street;
They (D)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with shackles.

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