Mic 1:7 | NETfull | STEP | All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”

Micah 1:7

7 All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces;
all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. ^{▼▼ Heb “and all her prostitute’s wages will be burned with fire.”} ^{▼▼ The precious metal used by Samaria’s pagan worship centers to make idols are here compared to a prostitute’s wages because Samaria had been unfaithful to the Lord and prostituted herself to pagan gods, such as Baal.}
I will make a waste heap ^{▼▼ Heb “I will make desolate” (so NASB).} of all her images.
Since ^{▼▼ Or “for” (KJV, NASB, NRSV).} she gathered the metal ^{▼▼ No object is specified in the Hebrew text; the words “the metal” are supplied from the context.} as a prostitute collects her wages,
the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.” ^{▼▼ Heb “for from a prostitute’s wages she gathered, and to a prostitute’s wages they will return.” When the metal was first collected it was comparable to the coins a prostitute would receive for her services. The metal was then formed into idols, but now the Lord’s fiery judgment would reduce the metal images to their original condition.}