Micah 1

1 This 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:

2 Hear, 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.

3 For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

5 All 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?

6 Therefore 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.

7 All 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.

8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

11 Depart 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.

12 For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

13 Harness 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.

14 Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

15 I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

16 Shave 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.

1 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.

5 For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what [are] the high places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

8 ¶ Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

9 For her wound [is] incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.

10 Declare ye [it] not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel.

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

1 This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Micaiah from Mareshah in the days of Jotham, Aliah, Jehizkiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem.

2 Hearken, all ye peoples, take heed, land, and all that is within! For God the LORD hath spoken unto you, even the LORD out of his holy temple!

3 For, behold, the LORD shall go forth out of his place, and shall come down, and tread upon the high places of the land,

4 And the mountains shall melt under him, and the valleys shall be rent, as wax melts before the fire, as the waters that flow beneath.

5 All this for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. But what is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

6 And I will make Samaria a heap of stones in the field, which shall be laid round about the vineyards; and I will drag their stones into the valley, and break them down.

7 All their idols shall be broken, and all their whoredoms shall be burned with fire, and I will destroy all their images: for they are gathered of whoredoms, and shall be whoredoms again.

8 I shall mourn and howl over this; I shall go about bereft and naked; I shall mourn like the dragons, and grieve like the ostriches.

9 For there is no counsel in their plague, which shall come unto Judah, and shall reach unto the gates of my people unto Jerusalem.

10 Proclaim it not to Gath, neither let yourselves be heard to weep, but go into the mourning chamber, and sit down in the ashes.

11 Thou beautiful city shalt go with all shame. The inhabitant of Zaenan will not go out for the sake of the suffering of the next house. He will take it from you when he camps there.

12 The city that is afflicted cannot be comforted: for calamity shall come from the LORD, even unto the gate of Jerusalem.

13 Thou city of Lachish, harness the runners, and depart: for thou art the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, and in thee are found the transgressions of Israel.

14 Thou shalt give captives as well as Gath. The city of Achsib shall be lacking with the kings of Israel.

15 I will bring thee Mareshah the right heir: and the glory of Israel shall come unto Adullam.

16 Shave off thy hair, and go bald over thy tender children. Make thee as bald as an eagle: for they are led away captive from thee.