“The word of the Lord that came to Micah, the Moreshite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
Micah 1
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1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
“"'Hear, O peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all it contains. Let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.”
3For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
“For behold, the Lord has come forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.”
4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
“the mountains will melt under Him, and the valleys will split like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.”
“The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be split and like wax melting before the fire, like water poured down a steep place.”
5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
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6Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
“I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as the plantings of a vineyard, and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.”
“I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley, and I will lay bare her foundations.”
7All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.
“all of her idols, verse 7, will be smashed. All of her earnings will be burned with fire and all of her images I will make desolate for she collected them from a harlot's earnings and to the earnings of a harlot they will return.”
8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
“Therefore, I will wail and howl. I will go stripped and naked, the prophet declares, and I will make wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.”
9For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
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10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
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11Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
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12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
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13Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
“Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of Lechesh. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion. Because in you, in you were found the rebellious acts of Israel.”
14Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
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15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
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16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
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