Micah 1:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ All this is because of Jacob’s ·sin [rebellion; transgression],
    because of the sins of the ·nation [^Lhouse] of Israel.
What is ·the place of Jacob’s sin [^LJacob’s trangression]?
    Isn’t it Samaria [^Cthe capital of the northern empire]?
What is Judah’s ·place of idol worship [^Lhigh place; ^Ca pagan worship site]?
    Isn’t it Jerusalem [^CJudah’s sin made the temple in Jerusalem no better than a pagan temple]?

⁶ “So I will make Samaria a ·pile [heap] of ruins in the open country,
    a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour her stones down into the valley
    and ·strip her down to [lay bare; uncover] her foundations.
⁷ All her ·idols [carved images] will be broken into pieces;
    all the ·gifts to her idols [^Lprostitute’s wages] will be burned with fire.
    I will ·destroy [make desolate] all her idols,
and because Samaria ·earned her money [or gathered these things] by ·being unfaithful to me [prostituting herself],
    ·this money will be carried off by others who are not faithful to me [^Lto the pay of the prostitute they will return; ^CSamaria’s wealth earned through idolatry would now go to the pagan temples of Assyria—one prostitute’s wages going to another].”