2 Kings 8:12

"Why is my lord crying?" Hazael asked. "Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites," Elisha answered. "You will set their forts on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will smash their little children to pieces. And you will rip open their pregnant women."

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