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.
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of YY , and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Shlomo king of Yisrael had made in the temple of YY , as YY had said.
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.
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
And say, Ye mountains of Yisrael, hear the word of YY Elohim; Thus saith YY Elohim to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of YY shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Yaakov be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Yhudah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Bavel.
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith YY ; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?