Hear,(A) you peoples, all of you,(B)
    listen, earth(C) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness(D) against you,
    the Lord from his holy temple.(E)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling(F) place;
    he comes down(G) and treads on the heights of the earth.(H)
The mountains melt(I) beneath him(J)
    and the valleys split apart,(K)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.
All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?(L)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

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