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The Lord Speaks

“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.
All her ·idols [carved images] will be broken into pieces;
    all the ·gifts to her idols [L prostitute’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 [L to the pay of the prostitute they will return; C Samaria’s wealth earned through idolatry would now go to the pagan temples of Assyria—one prostitute’s wages going to another].”

Micah’s Great Sadness

I will ·moan and cry [mourn and wail] because of this evil,
    going around barefoot and naked.
I will ·cry loudly [wail] like ·the wild dogs [jackals]
    and ·make sad sounds [moan] like the ·owls [or ostriches] do,

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