Micah 1:7

the hires i.e. the rich votive offerings in the sanctuaries, shortly afterwards called -the hire of a harlot," with reference to the shameful practices of heathenish religion (Deuteronomy 23:17-18).

shall return i.e. shall again become (as Genesis 3:19 -unto dust shalt thou return"). The material of the costly images acquired through the offerings of devotees shall again be used for votive offerings in other no less shameful religions, based, like those of heathen Syria, on the worship of the powers and processes of nature.