Micah 1:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵This will happen because of
the terrible sins of Israel,
the descendants of Jacob.
Samaria has led Israel to sin,
and pagan altars at Jerusalem
have made Judah sin.

⁶So the Lord will leave Samaria
    in ruins—
merely an empty field
    where vineyards are planted.
He will scatter its stones
    and destroy its foundations.
⁷Samaria's idols will be smashed,
    and the wages
of temple prostitutes^[a]
    will be destroyed by fire.
Silver and gold from those idols
will then be used by foreigners
    as payment for prostitutes.

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Footnotes

1.7 wages of temple prostitutes: At pagan temples, people had sex with prostitutes as a way of worshiping the idols, and the money earned in this way was used to support the pagan religion.