Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Samaria was the proud capital city of the Ten Tribes, whose desolation was foretold. The declaration belongs to a strong prediction of the coming captivity of the northern tribes, given amid the nation's moral decline and decay. Its desolation came as the result of rebellion against God. The judgment was to be destruction by the sword, extending even to infants dashed in pieces and pregnant women ripped open. That word has been fulfilled in the ruins of Samaria, which stand as a striking object-lesson of fulfilled prophecy.