Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
The word of Jehovah
that came to Micah the Morashtite
in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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.
Hear, ye
peoples,
all of
you:
hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah
be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
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.
For, behold, Jehovah
cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
For, behold, the
LORD
cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
And the mountains shall be melted
under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
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.
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?
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?
Therefore I will make Samaria as a
heap of the field, `
and '
as places
for
planting
vineyards;
and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover
the foundations thereof.
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.
And all her
graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her
hires shall be burned with fire, and all her
idols will I lay desolate ;
for of the hire of a
harlot hath
she
gathered
them
, and unto
the hire of a
harlot shall
they
return
.
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.
For
this
will
I lament
and
wail ;
I will go stripped and naked ;
I will make a wailing like the jackals
, and a
lamentation
like
the ostriches
.
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
.
For her wounds
are
incurable; for it is come even
unto Judah; it
reacheth
unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
For her wound
is
incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he
is
come
unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Tell
it not in
Gath, weep not at all: at
Beth-le-
aphrah have
I
rolled
myself
in the dust.
Declare
ye
it not at
Gath, weep ye
not at all: in
the
house
of
Aphrah roll
thyself
in the dust.
Pass away, O
inhabitant of Shaphir
, in
nakedness
and
shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is
not come
forth ;
the wailing
of Beth-ezel
shall take
from
you the
stay
thereof
.
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
.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth
anxiously
for good ,
because
evil is
come
down from Jehovah
unto the gate of Jerusalem.
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited
carefully
for good :
but
evil came
down from the
LORD
unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Bind the chariot to the swift steed,
O
inhabitant
of
Lachish
: she was
the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion ;
for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
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.
Therefore shalt thou give a
parting
gift
to Moresheth-gath
: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful
thing
unto
the kings of Israel.
Therefore shalt thou give presents
to Moreshethgath
: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie
to
the kings of Israel.
I
will
yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah ,
him
that
shall
possess
thee
: the
glory
of
Israel
shall come even
unto Adullam.
Yet will
I
bring an
heir
unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he
shall come unto Adullam the
glory
of
Israel
.
Make thee bald, and cut
off
thy
hair
for the
children
of
thy delight:
enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Make thee bald, and poll
thee
for thy delicate
children;
enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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