¹⁴ So you will soon hear the noise of war.
Enemies will destroy all your strong buildings.
It will be like the time that King Shalman's army destroyed Beth Arbel.^[a]
In that battle, cruel soldiers killed mothers together with their children.
¹⁵ The same thing will happen to you, people of Bethel,
because of the wicked things that you have done.^[b]
When the day of your punishment arrives,
the king of Israel will surely die.’