Micah 1:2-7

New Living Translation

Grief over Samaria and Jerusalem

²Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!
    Let the earth and everything in it hear.
The Sovereign Lord is making accusations against you;
    the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.
³Look! The Lord is coming!
    He leaves his throne in heaven
    and tramples the heights of the earth.
⁴The mountains melt beneath his feet
    and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
    like water pouring down a hill.
⁵And why is this happening?
    Because of the rebellion of Israel^[a]—
    yes, the sins of the whole nation.
Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion?
    Samaria, its capital city!
Where is the center of idolatry in Judah?
    In Jerusalem, its capital!

⁶“So I, the Lord, will make the city of Samaria
    a heap of ruins.
Her streets will be plowed up
    for planting vineyards.
I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below,
    exposing her foundations.
⁷All her carved images will be smashed.
    All her sacred treasures will be burned.
These things were bought with the money
    earned by her prostitution,
and they will now be carried away
    to pay prostitutes elsewhere.”

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Footnotes

1:5 Hebrew Jacob; also in 1:5b. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.