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12 But now, I will send enemies
to pour out the wine
    and smash the jars!
13 Then you will be ashamed,
because your god Chemosh
    cannot save you,
just as Bethel[a] could not help
    the Israelites.

14 You claim that your soldiers
    are strong and brave.

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Footnotes

  1. 48.13 Bethel: It may refer to the Phoenician or Canaanite god of that name; or it may refer to the town where people of the northern kingdom worshiped at a local shrine (see 1 Kings 12.26-30).

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