The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim - the strongholds shall be pulled down (Samaria especially: Hosea 10:14; Micah 1:6; Habakkuk 1:10).
And the remnant of Syria - all that was left after the overthrow by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 16:9).
As the glory of ... Israel. They shall meet with the same fate as Israel, their ally.