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III] :And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,
 * And behold the great tumults in the midst thereof,
 * And the oppressed in the midst thereof.
 * For they know not to do right, saith the Lord,
 * Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
 * Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
 * An adversary there shall be even round about the land;
 * And he shall bring down thy strength from thee,
 * And thy palaces shall be spoiled.
 * Thus saith the Lord;
 * As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear;
 * So shall the children of Israel be taken out
 * That dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
 * Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob,
 * Saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
 * That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him
 * I will also visit the altars of Beth-el:
 * And the horns of the altar shall be cut off,
 * And fall to the ground.
 * And I will smite the winter house with the summer house;
 * And the houses of ivory shall perish,
 * And the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.