Jer 26:18 | HCSB | STEP | “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all the people of Judah , ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says : Zion will be plowed like a field , Jerusalem will become ruins , and the temple mount a forested hill .’

Jeremiah 26:18

18 “Micah the Moreshite ^a prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ^b and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts says:

^{▼▼Zion: Originally a term for the fortified section of Jerusalem and then, by extension, used for the temple and the city of Jerusalem both in the present time and in the future}Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the temple mount a forested hill.’ ^e