Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
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 :
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 .
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.
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.
For behold, the
LORD
comes
forth from
His dwelling
place ;
He
will come down and tread on
the high places of the earth.
For ,
behold, Jehovah
cometh
forth out
of
his place ,
and
will come down ,
and tread upon
the high places of the earth.
The mountains will
melt
beneath
Him, and the valleys will
split
apart
, like
wax before the fire, like
water
rushing
down a slope
.
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
.
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?
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 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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
For her wound
is
incurable; it has
reached
even Judah; it has
approached
the gate of my people, as
far
as
Jerusalem itself
.
For her wounds
are
incurable; for
it is
come
even unto
Judah; it reacheth
unto
the gate of my people, even
to
Jerusalem.
Do
not
tell it in Gath ;
do
not
weep at all .
Roll
in the dust in
Beth-leaphrah
.
Tell it not
in Gath ,
weep not
at all :
at
Beth-le-aphrah
have
I
rolled
myself
in the dust.
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.
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
.
For the dwellers
of Maroth pined
for good, but
calamity
came
down from the
LORD,
even
to
the gate of Jerusalem.
For the inhabitant
of Maroth waiteth
anxiously
for good, because
evil
is
come
down from Jehovah
unto
the gate of Jerusalem.
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
.
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
.
Therefore ,
send
farewell
gifts
to Moresheth-gath ;
the houses of Achzib will
prove
deceptive
to
the kings of Israel.
Therefore shalt
thou
give
a
parting
gift
to Moresheth-gath :
the houses of Achzib shall
be
a
deceitful
thing
unto
the kings of Israel.
I will again
bring a
conqueror
against
you
, O dweller
of Mareshah .
The glory of Israel will
come to
Adullam.
I will yet
bring unto
thee
, O inhabitant
of Mareshah ,
him
that
shall
possess
thee:
the glory of Israel shall
come even
unto
Adullam.
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
.
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
.
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