Translations
Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?" Elisha answered, "Because I know the horrors you will inflict on the people of Israel — you will set their fortresses ablaze, cut down their young men with the sword, smash their infants, and rip open their pregnant women."
Chazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil you will do to the sons of Yisra'el: their fortified places you will put to the torch, and their young men you will cut down with the sword, and their little ones you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open."
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”