are they not Ierusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will poure down the stones thereof into the valley; and I will dis∣cover the foundations there∣of.
7 And all the graven Images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burnt with the fire: and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owles.
9 For her wound is in∣curable, for it is come unto Iudah: he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Ierusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thy self in the dust.
11 Passe ye away, thou inhahitant of Saphir, ha∣ving thy shame naked; the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel, he shall re∣ceive of you his standing.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth, waited care∣fully for good; but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Ierusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth∣gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children, enlarge thy bald∣nesse as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.