Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith YY -TZvaot. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Therefore shall TZiyon for your sake be plowed as a field, and Yerushalayim shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
YY hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of YY , as in the day of a solemn feast.
Thus saith YY -TZvaot; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Thus saith YY ; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Yhudah, and in the streets of Yerushalayim, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
Mikhah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hizkiyah-yahu king of Yhudah, and spake to all the people of Yhudah, saying, Thus saith YY -TZvaot; TZiyon shall be plowed like a field, and Yerushalayim shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Speak unto the house of Yisrael, Thus saith YY Elohim; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?