1. I am Micah from Moresheth. And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem that the Lord gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah.
2. Listen, all of you!Earth and everything on it,pay close attention.The Lord God accuses youfrom his holy temple.
3. And he will come downto crush underfootevery pagan altar.
4. Mountains will meltbeneath his feetlike wax beside a fire.Valleys will vanish like waterrushing down a ravine.
5. This will happen because ofthe terrible sins of Israel,the descendants of Jacob.Samaria has led Israel to sin,and pagan altars at Jerusalemhave made Judah sin.
6. So the Lord will leave Samariain ruins—merely an empty fieldwhere vineyards are planted.He will scatter its stonesand destroy its foundations.
7. Samaria's idols will be smashed,and the wagesof temple prostituteswill be destroyed by fire.Silver and gold from those idolswill then be used by foreignersas payment for prostitutes.