 You know, I don't know why they do this. In the first reading, they have, "...the king of Samaria shall disappear like foam upon the waters. The high places of Avan shall be destroyed. The sin of Israel, thorns and thistles, shall overgrow their altars." Well, where is Avan? It's all around you, because the word simply means evil or trouble. "...the high places of evil."