Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh
that came to Micah the Morashtite
in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah ,
which
he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem .
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 :
Hear, you
peoples, all of you .
Listen, O earth, and all
that
is
therein:
And
let
the Lord Yahweh
be
witness against you, The Lord from his holy temple.
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.
For ,
behold, Yahweh
comes forth out
of
his place ,
And
will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
For behold, the
LORD
comes forth from
His dwelling
place ;
He
will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
The mountains melt under
him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters
that
are
poured
down a steep
place
.
The mountains will
melt beneath
Him, and the valleys will
split apart, like wax before the fire, like water
rushing
down a slope
.
"
All this is for the disobedience
of Jacob ,
And for
the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience
of Jacob? Isn't
it Samaria? And what are
the high places
of Judah? Aren't
they
Jerusalem?
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?
Therefore I will make Samaria like
a rubble
heap of the field, Like
places
for
planting vineyards;
And
I will pour down
its
stones into the valley ,
And I
will
uncover
its
foundations.
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.
All her idols
will be beaten
to pieces ,
And
all her temple
gifts
will be burned with
fire, And all
her
images
I will destroy ;
For
of
the hire
of a prostitute has
she
gathered
them
, And
to
the
hire
of
a prostitute shall
they
return
. "
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.
For
this I will lament and wail; I will go
stripped
and naked ;
I will howl like the
jackals,
And moan
like the
daughters
of
owls
.
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 her wounds
are
incurable; For
it has come
even to
Judah .
It reaches
to
the gate of my people, Even
to
Jerusalem.
For her wound
is
incurable; it has reached
even Judah ;
it has
approached
the gate of my people, as
far
as
Jerusalem itself
.
Don't
tell it in Gath ,
Don't
weep at all. At
Beth
Ophrah
I
have
rolled
myself
in the dust.
Do
not
tell it in Gath ;
do
not
weep at all. Roll
in the dust in
Beth-leaphrah
.
Pass
on
, inhabitant
of Shaphir ,
in
nakedness
and
shame
. The inhabitant
of Zaanan won't
come out. The
wailing
of
Beth Ezel will
take
from you his
protection
.
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.
For the inhabitant
of Maroth waits
anxiously
for good, Because
evil
has
come
down from Yahweh
to the gate of Jerusalem.
For the dwellers
of Maroth pined
for good, but
calamity
came
down from the
LORD,
even
to the gate of Jerusalem.
Harness the
chariot to
the
swift
steed
, inhabitant
of Lachish. She
was
the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion ;
For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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.
Therefore you
will
give
a
parting
gift
to Moresheth-gath .
The houses of Achzib will be
a
deceitful
thing
to the kings of Israel.
Therefore ,
send
farewell
gifts
to Moresheth-gath ;
the houses of Achzib will prove
deceptive
to the kings of Israel.
I will yet
bring to
you, inhabitant
of Mareshah ,
He
who
is
the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
I will again
bring a
conqueror
against
you, O
dweller
of Mareshah .
The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Shave your
heads,
And cut off your hair for the
children
of
your delight.
Enlarge
your
baldness
like
the
vulture
; For they have
gone
into
captivity
from you !
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.
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