<p class="poetry">I will destroy the cities of your land,p> <p class="poetry">and tear down all your fortresses.p>

<p class="poetry">All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces;p> <p class="poetry">all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will make a waste heap<n id="2" /> of all her images.p> <p class="poetry">Since<n id="3" /> she gathered the metal<n id="4" /> as a prostitute collects her wages,p> <p class="poetry">the idols will become a prostitute&#8217;s wages again.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The prophets<n id="1" /> will be ashamed;p> <p class="poetry">the omen readers will be humiliated.p> <p class="poetry">All of them will cover their mouths,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for they will receive no divine oracles.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">may all your enemies be destroyed!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Nations will see this and be disappointed by<n id="1" /> all their strength,p> <p class="poetry">they will put their hands over their mouths,p> <p class="poetry">and act as if they were deaf.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will once again<n id="1" /> have mercy on us;p> <p class="poetry">you will conquer<n id="2" /> our evil deeds;p> <p class="poetry">you will hurl our<n id="3" /> sins into the depths of the sea.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen, all you nations!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> will testify<n id="3" /> against you;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will accuse you<n id="4" /> from his majestic palace.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">All this is because of Jacob&#8217;s rebellionp> <p class="poetry">and<n id="1" /> the sins of the nation<n id="2" /> of Israel.p> <p class="poetry">How has Jacob rebelled, you ask?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Samaria epitomizes their rebellion!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Where are Judah&#8217;s pagan worship centers, you ask?<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They are right in Jerusalem!<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will bring them together like sheep in a fold,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a flock in the middle of a pasture;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to this, you leaders of the family<n id="1" /> of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">you rulers of the nation<n id="2" /> of Israel!p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="3" /> hate justicep> <p class="poetry">and pervert all that is right.p>

<p class="poetry">Though all the nations follow their respective gods,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">we will follow<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> our God forever.p>

<p class="poetry">You implement the regulations of Omri,p> <p class="poetry">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you follow their policies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I will make you an appalling sight,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the city&#8217;s<n id="4" /> inhabitants will be taunted derisively,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and nations will mock all of you.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Faithful men have disappeared<n id="1" /> from the land;p> <p class="poetry">there are no godly men left.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they hunt their own brother with a net.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion!p> <p class="poetry">For I will give you iron horns;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will give you bronze hooves,p> <p class="poetry">and you will crush many nations.&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You will devote to the <sc>Lordsc> the spoils you take from them,p> <p class="poetry">and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler<n id="3" /> of the whole earth.<n id="4" />p>