^2 (E)Hear, you peoples, all of you;^{[a]
    (F)}pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and ^(G)let the Lord God be a witness against you,
    ^(H)the Lord from his holy temple.
³ For behold, ^(I)the Lord is coming out of ^(J)his place,
    and will come down and ^(K)tread upon the high places of the earth.
⁴ And ^(L)the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
    like waters poured down a steep place.
⁵ All this is for ^(M)the transgression of Jacob
    and for the sins of the house of Israel.
^(N)What is the transgression of Jacob?
    Is it not ^(O)Samaria?
And what is ^(P)the high place of Judah?
    Is it not Jerusalem?
⁶ Therefore I will make ^(Q)Samaria ^(R)a heap in the open country,
    a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones ^(S)into the valley
    and ^(T)uncover her foundations.

^9 (A)For her wound is incurable,
    and it has come to Judah;
it has reached to the gate of my people,
    to Jerusalem.

¹³ Harness the steeds to the chariots,
    inhabitants of ^(A)Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
    to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
    ^(B)the transgressions of Israel.

^16 (A)Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
    for the children of your delight;
^(B)make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
    for they shall go from you into exile.