¹⁶ The people of Samaria^(A) must bear their guilt,^(B)
    because they have rebelled^(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;^(D)
    their little ones will be dashed^(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women^(F) ripped open.”^[a]

“For three sins of Ammon,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(B) of Gilead
    in order to extend his borders,

¹⁰ Yet she was taken captive^(A)
    and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed^(B) to pieces
    at every street corner.
Lots^(C) were cast for her nobles,
    and all her great men were put in chains.^(D)