Micah 1:1 The word1697 of the LORD3068 that came to Micah4318 the Morasthite4183 in the days3117 of Jotham,3147 Ahaz,271and Hezekiah,3169 kings4428 of Judah,3063 which he saw2372 concerning Samaria8111 and Jerusalem.3389
Micah 1:2 Hear,8085 all ye people;5971{Heb. hear ye people all of them} hearken,7181 O earth,776 and all that therein4393 is:{Heb. the fullness thereof} and let the Lord136 GOD3069 be witness5707 against you, the Lord136 from his holy6944 temple.19643 For, behold, the LORD3068 cometh forth3318 out of his place,4725 and will come down,3381 and tread1869 upon the high places1116 of the earth.7764 And the mountains2022 shall be molten4549 under him, and the valleys6010 shall be cleft,1234 as wax1749 before6440 the fire,784and as the waters4325thatare poured5064 down a steep place.4174{Heb. a descent}5 For the transgression6588 of Jacob3290is all this, and for the sins2403 of the house1004 of Israel.3478 What is the transgression6588 of Jacob?3290isit not Samaria?8111 and what are the high places1116 of Judah?3063arethey not Jerusalem?33896 Therefore I will make7760 Samaria8111 as an heap5856 of the field,7704and as plantings4302 of a vineyard:3754 and I will pour down5064 the stones68 thereof into the valley,1516 and I will discover1540 the foundations3247 thereof.
7 And all the graven images6456 thereof shall be beaten to pieces,3807 and all the hires868 thereof shall be burned8313 with the fire,784 and all the idols6091 thereof will I lay7760 desolate:8077 for she gathered6908it of the hire868 of an harlot,2181 and they shall return7725 to the hire868 of an harlot.21818 Therefore I will wail5594 and howl,3213 I will go3212 stripped77587758 and naked:6174 I will make6213 a wailing4553 like the dragons,8577 and mourning60 as the owls.13233284{Heb. daughters of the owl}9 For her wound4347is incurable;605{Or, she is greviously sick of her wounds} for it is come935 unto Judah;3063 he is come5060 unto the gate8179 of my people,5971even to Jerusalem.3389
Micah 1:10 Declare5046 ye it not at Gath,1661 weep1058 ye not at all:1058 in the house of Aphrah1036{That is, dust} roll64286428 thyself in the dust.608311 Pass ye away,5674 thou inhabitant3427{Heb. inhabitress} of Saphir,8208{Or, thou that dwellest fairly} having thy shame1322 naked:6181 the inhabitant3427 of Zaanan6630{Or, the country of flocks} came not forth3318 in the mourning4553 of Bethezel;1018{Or, a place near} he shall receive3947 of you his standing.597912 For the inhabitant3427 of Maroth4796 waited{Or, was grieved} carefully2342 for good:2896 but evil7451 came down3381 from the LORD3068 unto the gate8179 of Jerusalem.338913 O thou inhabitant3427 of Lachish,3923 bind7573 the chariot4818 to the swift beast:7409 she is the beginning7225 of the sin2403 to the daughter1323 of Zion:6726 for the transgressions6588 of Israel3478 were found4672 in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give5414 presents7964 to{Or, for} Moreshethgath:4182 the houses1004 of Achzib392{That is, a lie}shallbe a lie391 to the kings4428 of Israel.347815 Yet will I bring935 an heir3423 unto thee, O inhabitant3427 of Mareshah:4762 he shall come935 unto Adullam5725 the glory3519 of Israel.3478{Or, the glory of Israel shall come etc.}16 Make thee bald,7139 and poll1494 thee for thy delicate8588 children;1121 enlarge7337 thy baldness7144 as the eagle;5404 for they are gone into captivity1540 from thee.