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So the Lord will leave Samaria
    in ruins—
merely an empty field
    where vineyards are planted.
He will scatter its stones
    and destroy its foundations.
Samaria's idols will be smashed,
    and the wages
of temple prostitutes[a]
    will be destroyed by fire.
Silver and gold from those idols
will then be used by foreigners
    as payment for prostitutes.

Judah Is Doomed

Because of this tragedy,[b]
    I go barefoot and naked.
My crying and weeping
sound like howling wolves
    or ostriches.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.7 wages of temple prostitutes: At pagan temples, people had sex with prostitutes as a way of worshiping the idols, and the money earned in this way was used to support the pagan religion.
  2. 1.8 this tragedy: Either the destruction of Samaria (verses 6,7) or the coming destruction of Judah and Jerusalem.

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