2 Hear this, all you nations.Listen, all you who live on the earth.The Lord God will come from his Holy Temple.He will come as a witness against you.
3 See, the Lord is coming out of his place in heaven.He is coming down to walk on the tops of the mountains.
4 The mountains will melt under himlike wax in a fire.The valleys will crack openas if split by water raging down a mountain.
5 This is because of Jacob’s sin.It is because of the sins of the nation of Israel.Who is responsible for Jacob’s sin?Samaria!Who is responsible for Judah’s worshiping idols?Jerusalem!
6 “So I will make Samaria a pile of ruins in the open country.It will be like a place for planting vineyards.I will pour Samaria’s stones down into the valley.And I will destroy her down to her foundations.
7 All her idols will be broken into pieces.All the gifts to her idols will be burned with fire.I will destroy all her idols.This is because Samaria earned her money by being unfaithful to me.So this money will be carried off by other people who are not faithful to me.”
8 I will moan and cry because of this evil.I will go around barefoot and without clothes.I will cry loudly like the wild dogs.I will cry like the ostriches.