5. All this is because of Jacob’s sin,because of the sins of the nation of Israel.What is the place of Jacob’s sin?Isn’t it Samaria?What is Judah’s place of idol worship?Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6. “So I will make Samaria a pile of ruins in the open country,a place for planting vineyards.I will pour her stones down into the valleyand strip 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,and because Samaria earned her money by being unfaithful to me,this money will be carried off by others who are not faithful to me.”
8. I will moan and cry because of this evil,going around barefoot and naked.I will cry loudly like the wild dogsand make sad sounds like the owls do,
9. because Samaria’s wound cannot be healed.It will spread to Judah;it will reach the city gate of my people,all the way to Jerusalem.
10. Don’t tell it in Gath.Don’t cry in Acco.Roll in the dustat Beth Ophrah.
11. Pass on your way, naked and ashamed,you who live in Shaphir.Those who live in Zaananwon’t come out.The people in Beth Ezel will cry,but they will not give you any support.
12. Those who live in Marothwill be anxious for good news to come,because trouble will come from the Lord,all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.