For I will makeSamariaa heapof ruinsin the open country,Plantingplacesfor a vineyard.I will pourher stonesdowninto the valleyAnd will laybareher foundations.
"Ifhe withdrawsinto a city,then allIsraelshall bringropesto that city,and we will dragit into the valleyuntilnot evena smallstoneis foundthere."
At the endof threeyearsthey capturedit; in the sixthyearof Hezekiah,whichwas the ninthyearof Hosheakingof Israel,Samariawas captured.
Now in the fourthyearof KingHezekiah,whichwas the seventhyearof Hosheasonof Elahkingof Israel,Shalmaneserkingof Assyriacameup againstSamariaand besiegedit.
Have you not heard?LongagoI didit; From ancienttimesI plannedit. NowI have broughtit to pass,That you should turnfortifiedcitiesinto ruinousheaps.
The oracleconcerning Damascus."Behold,Damascusis about to be removedfrom being a cityAnd will becomea fallenruin.
The unassailablefortificationsof your wallsHe will bringdown,Laylow[and] castto the ground,evento the dust.
For You have madea cityinto a heap,A fortifiedcityinto a ruin;A palaceof strangersis a citynomore,It will neverbe rebuilt.
"Againyou will plantvineyardsOn the hillsof Samaria;The planterswill plantAnd will enjoy[them].
"Behold,I am againstyou, O destroyingmountain,Who destroysthe wholeearth,"declaresthe LORD,"And I will stretchout My handagainstyou, And rollyou downfrom the crags,And I will makeyou a burntout mountain.
"Babylonwill becomea heap[of ruins], a hauntof jackals,An objectof horrorand hissing,withoutinhabitants.
"I will makeJerusalema heapof ruins, A hauntof jackals;And I will makethe citiesof Judaha desolation,withoutinhabitant."
Howdarkthe goldhas become,[How] the puregoldhas changed!The sacredstonesare pouredout At the cornerof everystreet.
"So I will teardownthe wallwhichyou plasteredoverwith whitewashand bringit downto the ground,so that its foundationis laidbare;and when it falls,you will be consumedin its midst.And you will knowthat I am the LORD.
Samariawill be heldguilty,For she has rebelledagainst her God.They will fallby the sword,Their littleoneswill be dashedin pieces,And their pregnantwomenwill be rippedopen.
Thereforebecauseyou imposeheavyrenton the poorAnd exacta tributeof grainfrom them, [Though] you have builthousesof well-hewnstone,Yet you will not livein them; You have plantedpleasantvineyards,yet you will not drinktheir wine.
The LordGODhas swornby Himself,the LORDGodof hostshas declared:"I loathethe arroganceof Jacob,And detesthis citadels;Therefore I will deliverup [the] cityand allit contains."
Therefore,on accountof you Zionwill be plowedas a field,Jerusalemwill becomea heapof ruins,And the mountainof the temple[will become] highplacesof a forest.
You wentforthfor the salvationof Your people,For the salvationof Your anointed.You struckthe headof the houseof the evilTo layhim openfrom thighto neck.Selah.
And He saidto them, "Do you not seeallthese things?TrulyI sayto you, not one stoneherewill be leftupon another,whichwill not be torn down."
