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Is it not Samaria?</p> <p class="sl">And what is the sin of the house of Judah?</p> <p class="sl1">Is it not Jerusalem?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001006" class="ver">6</span>So I will make Samaria a ruin in the field,</p> <p class="sl1">a place to plant vineyards;</p> <p class="sl">I will throw its stones into the valley,</p> <p class="sl1">and lay bare its foundations.<a id="rfn40001006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001007" class="ver">7</span>All its carved figures shall be broken to pieces,<a id="ren40001007-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40001007-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">all its wages shall be burned in the fire,</p> <p class="sl1">and all its idols I will destroy.</p> <p class="sl">As the wages of a prostitute<a id="rfn40001007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001007-1">*</a> it gathered them,</p> <p class="sl1">and to the wages of a prostitute they shall return.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v40001008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn40001008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001008-1">*</a>For this I will lament and wail,</p> <p class="sl1">go barefoot and naked;</p> <p class="sl">I will utter lamentation like the jackals,</p> <p class="sl1">mourning like the ostriches,<a id="ren40001008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40001008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001009" class="ver">9</span>For her wound is incurable;</p> <p class="sl1">it has come even to Judah.</p> <p class="sl">It has reached to the gate of my people,</p> <p class="sl1">even to Jerusalem.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v40001010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn40001010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001010-1">*</a>Do not announce it in Gath,</p> <p class="sl1">do not weep at all;</p> <p class="sl">In Beth-leaphrah</p> <p class="sl1">roll in the dust.<a id="ren40001010-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en40001010-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001011" class="ver">11</span>Pass by,</p> <p class="sl1">you who dwell in Shaphir!</p> <p class="sl">The inhabitants of Zaanan</p> <p class="sl1">do not come forth from their city.</p> <p class="sl">There is lamentation in Beth-ezel.</p> <p class="sl1">It will withdraw its support from you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001012" class="ver">12</span>The inhabitants of Maroth</p> <p class="sl1">hope for good,</p> <p class="sl">But evil has come down from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">to the gate of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001013" class="ver">13</span>Harness steeds to the chariots,</p> <p class="sl1">inhabitants of Lachish;</p> <p class="sl">You are the beginning of sin</p> <p class="sl1">for daughter Zion,</p> <p class="sl">For in you were found</p> <p class="sl1">the crimes of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001014" class="ver">14</span>Therefore you must give back the dowry</p> <p class="sl1">to Moresheth-gath;</p> <p class="sl">The houses of Achzib<a id="rfn40001014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001014-1">*</a> are a dry stream bed</p> <p class="sl1">to the kings of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001015" class="ver">15</span>Again I will bring the conqueror to you,</p> <p class="sl1">inhabitants of Mareshah;</p> <p class="sl">The glory of Israel shall come</p> <p class="sl1">even to Adullam.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v40001016" class="ver">16</span>Make yourself bald, cut off your hair,</p> <p class="sl1">for the children whom you cherish;</p> <p class="sl">Make yourself bald as a vulture,</p> <p class="sl1">for they are taken from you into exile.<a id="rfn40001016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn40001016-1">*</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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