⁴ But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken^(A) off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.

¹¹ “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish^(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”^[a]

⁸ He will also seize their gods,^(A) their metal images and their valuable articles of silver and gold and carry them off to Egypt.^(B) For some years he will leave the king of the North alone.

⁴ Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars^(A) will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.^{(B) 5} I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones^(C) around your altars.^{(D) 6} Wherever you live,^(E) the towns will be laid waste and the high places^(F) demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols^(G) smashed and ruined, your incense altars^(H) broken down, and what you have made wiped out.^(I)