Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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:
A
word of Jehovah
that hath
been
unto
Micah the Morashite
in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah ,
that
he hath
seen
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, O peoples, all of them!
Attend
, O earth, and its
fulness,
And
the Lord Jehovah
is
against you for
a
witness
, 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 lo
, Jehovah
is
going
out
from His place ,
And
He hath
come down ,
And hath
trodden
on high places of earth.
The mountains will
melt
beneath
Him, and the valleys will
split
apart
, like
wax before
the fire, like
water
rushing
down a slope.
Melted
have
been
the mountains under
Him, And the valleys do
rend
themselves
, As
wax from
the presence
of
fire, As
waters
cast
down by
a slope.
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 the high places
of Judah? Is it 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.
And
I have
set
Samaria for
a heap of the field, For plantations
of
a vineyard ,
And
poured
out
into a
valley her
stones,
And her foundations I
uncover
.
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 are
beaten
down,
And
all her gifts
are
burnt
with
fire, And all her idols I
make
a
desolation,
For,
from
the hire
of a harlot
she
gathered
, and
unto
the
hire
of
a harlot
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 I lament and howl,
I go
spoiled
and naked ,
I make
a lamentation
like
dragons,
And a
mourning
like daughters
of
an ostrich.
For her wound
is
incurable;
it has
reached
even
Judah ;
it has
approached
the
gate of my people ,
as
far
as
Jerusalem itself
.
For mortal
`are'
her wounds,
For
it hath
come
unto
Judah ,
It hath
come
to
a
gate of My people --
to
Jerusalem.
Do
not
tell
it
in Gath ;
do
not weep
at
all.
Roll
in the
dust
in Beth- leaphrah
.
In Gath tell
ye
not --
in Acco
weep
not,
In Beth- Aphrah,
in
dust
roll
thyself
.
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
over
for
thee
, O inhabitant
of Shaphir ,
Naked
one
of
shame
. Not
gone
out
hath
the inhabitant
of Zaanan ,
The
lamentation
of
Beth-Ezel doth
take
from you its
standing
.
For the dwellers
of Maroth pined
for
good
, but
calamity
came
down from the
LORD,
even
to the gate of Jerusalem.
For stayed
for
good
hath
the inhabitant
of Maroth, For
evil
hath
come
down from Jehovah
to 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
a
swift
beast
, O inhabitant
of Lachish ,
The beginning of sin `is'
she
to the daughter of Zion, For in
thee
have
been
found
the transgressions of Israel.
Therefore ,
send
farewell
gifts
to Moresheth-gath ;
the houses of Achzib will
prove
deceptive
to the kings of Israel.
Therefore thou
givest
presents
to Moresheth-Gath ,
The houses of Achzib become
a
lying
thing
to the kings of Israel.
I will
again
bring a
conqueror
against
you
, O dweller
of Mareshah .
The glory
of Israel will
come
to
Adullam
.
Yet
the
possessor
I do
bring in
to
thee
, O inhabitant
of Mareshah ,
To
Adullam
come
in
doth
the honour
of Israel.
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
bald and shave,
for thy
delightful
sons,
Enlarge
thy
baldness
as an eagle, For they have
removed
from thee!
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible and Young's Literal Translation. Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC.; Public domain..