⁸ The high places^(A) of wickedness^[a](B) will be destroyed—
    it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns^(C) and thistles will grow up
    and cover their altars.^(D)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”^(E)
    and to the hills, “Fall on us!”^(F)

⁹ “Since the days of Gibeah,^(G) you have sinned,^(H) Israel,
    and there you have remained.^[b]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?
¹⁰ When I please, I will punish^(I) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.