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17 (A)And certain of (B)the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying, 18 “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,

(C)“‘Zion shall be ploughed as a field;
    Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
    and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? (D)Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favour of the Lord, (E)and did not the Lord relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? (F)But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”

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