fortress

Isaiah 7:8, 16
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. . . .

Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows how to cry 'Father' or 'Mother, ' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria."

Isaiah 10:9
"Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria listened to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Hosea 1:4, 6
Then the LORD said to Hosea, "Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. . . .

Hosea 3:4
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

Hosea 5:13, 14
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. . . .

Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Hosea 9:16, 17
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs. . . .

Hosea 10:14
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Hosea 13:7, 8, 15, 16
So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard on the path I will lurk. . . .

Amos 2:6-9
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. . . .

Amos 3:9-15
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod as well as the citadels of Egypt: 'Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst. . . .

Amos 5:25-27
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years In the wilderness, O house of Israel? . . .

Amos 6:7-11
Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end. . . .

Amos 8:14
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan, ' or, 'As surely as the Way of Beersheba lives'--they will fall, never to rise again."

Amos 9:1-10
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: "Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. . . .

Micah 1:4-9
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope. . . .

they shall

Isaiah 16:14
And now the LORD says, "In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab's splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble."

Isaiah 28:1-4
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. . . .

Hosea 9:11
Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.