24 For location see ; ; ; ; .
25 Heb “into a planting place for vineyards.”
26 Heb “pour” (so , ); , “pour down”; “throw down”; “roll.”
27 Heb “her stones.” The term stones is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry.
28 Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls.

In other versions

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country,

a place for planting vineyards,

and I will pour down her stones into the valley

and uncover her foundations.

“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,

a place for planting vineyards.

I will pour her stones into the valley

and lay bare her foundations.

Therefore, I will make Samaria

a heap of ruins in the countryside,

a planting area for a vineyard.

I will roll her stones into the valley

and expose her foundations.

“So I, the Lord, will make the city of Samaria

a heap of ruins.

Her streets will be plowed up

for planting vineyards.

I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below,

exposing her foundations.

So I will make Samaria as a heap of rubble in the field,

a place for planting a vineyard.

And I will pour down her stones into the valley

and uncover her foundations.

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field,

And as plantings of a vineyard:

And I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,

And I will discover the foundations thereof.

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