^2 (A)Hear, you peoples, all of you;^{[a]
    (B)}pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and ^(C)let the Lord God be a witness against you,
    ^(D)the Lord from his holy temple.
³ For behold, ^(E)the Lord is coming out of ^(F)his place,
    and will come down and ^(G)tread upon the high places of the earth.
⁴ And ^(H)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 ^(I)the transgression of Jacob
    and for the sins of the house of Israel.
^(J)What is the transgression of Jacob?
    Is it not ^(K)Samaria?
And what is ^(L)the high place of Judah?
    Is it not Jerusalem?
⁶ Therefore I will make ^(M)Samaria ^(N)a heap in the open country,
    a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones ^(O)into the valley
    and ^(P)uncover her foundations.
⁷ All ^(Q)her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
    ^(R)all her wages shall be burned with fire,
    and all her idols I will lay waste,
for from ^(S)the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
    and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.