But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men [who were] left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.

How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

"Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace!' when [there is] no peace -- and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered [mortar -- ]

"Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where [is] the mortar with which you plastered [it?'] "

"So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered [mortar,] and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I [am] the LORD.

"and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."

"But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."

" Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest He take you away with [one] blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid [it.]

Oh, how they are [brought] to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when [one] awakes, [So,] Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

He who is often rebuked, [and] hardens [his] neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.