Micah 1

The word of the Lord that came to ^aMicah ^bthe Morasthite ^cin the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw ^dconcerning ^eSamaria and Jerusalem.

^2fHear, all ye people;

^gHearken, O earth, and all that therein is:

And ^hlet the Lord God be witness against you,

ⁱThe Lord from ^khis holy temple.

^3lFor behold, the Lord cometh forth out of ^lmhis place,

And will come down and ^notread ⁿupon the high places of the earth.

⁴And ^pthe mountains shall be molten under him,

And the valleys shall be cleft,

^qAs wax before the fire,

And as the waters that are ^rpoured down a steep place.

⁵For ^rrthe transgression of Jacob is all this,

And for ^rrthe sins of the house of Israel.

What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not ^eSamaria?

And what are ^sthe high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

⁶Therefore I will make ^eSamaria ^tas a heap of the field,

And as plantings of a vineyard:

And I will ^rpour down the stones thereof ^uinto the valley,

And ^vI will discover the foundations thereof.

⁷And all the graven images thereof ^wshall be beaten to pieces,

And all ^xthe hires thereof shall be burnt with the fire,

And all the idols thereof will I lay desolate:

For she gathered it ^xof the hire of a harlot,

And they shall return to the hire of a harlot.

^8yTherefore I will ^zwail and howl,

I will go ^astript and ^bnaked:

I will make a wailing like ^cdthe dragons,

And mourning as ^cethe owls.

⁹For ^fher wound is incurable;

For it is come unto Judah;

^gHe is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

^10hDeclare ye it not at ⁱGath, weep ye not at all:

In the house of ^kAphrah ^lroll thyself in the dust.

¹¹Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, ⁿhaving thy shame naked:

The inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel;

He shall receive of you his standing.

¹²For the inhabitant of ^pMaroth ^qwaited carefully for good:

But ^revil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³O thou inhabitant of ^sLachish, bind the chariot to ^tthe swift beast:

She is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion:

For ^uthe transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

¹⁴Therefore shalt thou give ^vpresents to ^wMoresheth-gath:

The houses of ^xAchzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

^15xxYet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of ^xMareshah:

He shall come unto ^yAdullam the glory of Israel.

^16zMake thee bald, and ^apoll thee for ^bthy delicate children;

^zEnlarge thy baldness ^cas the eagle;

For ^dthey are gone into captivity from thee.

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