Hear,(A) you peoples, all of you,(B)
    listen, earth(C) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness(D) against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(E)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling(F) place;
    he comes down(G) and treads on the heights of the earth.(H)
The mountains melt(I) beneath him(J)
    and the valleys split apart,(K)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.
All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?(L)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
    a place for planting vineyards.(M)
I will pour her stones(N) into the valley
    and lay bare her foundations.(O)
All her idols(P) will be broken to pieces;(Q)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.(R)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,(S)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

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Judgment Pronounced against Samaria

Hear, you peoples, all of you;
    listen, O earth, and all that is in it,
and let the Lord God be a witness against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(A)
For the Lord is coming out of his place
    and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.(B)
Then the mountains will melt under him,
    and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
    like waters poured down a slope.(C)
All this is for the transgression of Jacob
    and for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the transgression of Jacob?
    Is it not Samaria?
And what is the high place[a] of Judah?
    Is it not Jerusalem?(D)
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country,
    a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour down her stones into the valley
    and uncover her foundations.(E)
All her images shall be beaten to pieces,
    all her wages shall be burned with fire,
    and all her idols I will lay waste;
for as the wages of a prostitute she gathered them,
    and as the wages of a prostitute they shall again be used.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.5 Heb what are the high places