1 The word of the
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord
3 For, behold, the
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire,
5 For the transgression of Jacob
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field,
7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9 For her wound
10 Declare ye
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.