Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
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.
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, 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, 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, Yahweh
comes
forth out of his place, And will come down and tread on
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.
The mountains melt
under him, And the valleys split
apart
, Like
wax before the fire, Like
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.
"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?
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 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 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
.
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
. "
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
I will lament
and
wail ;
I will go stripped and naked ;
I will howl
like the jackals
, And moan
like
the daughters
of
owls.
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 has
come even
to
Judah .
It
reaches
to
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.
Don't
tell
it in
Gath, Don't
weep at all .
At
Beth
Ophrah
I
have
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 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
.
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 waits
anxiously
for good ,
Because
evil has
come
down from Yahweh
to
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.
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
.
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 you
will
give a
parting
gift
to Moresheth-gath.
The houses of Achzib will
be a deceitful
thing
to 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 to
you
, inhabitant of Mareshah ,
He who
is
the glory of Israel will
come
to
Adullam
.
Yet will
I
bring an
heir
unto
thee
, O
inhabitant of Mareshah :
he shall
come
unto
Adullam
the glory of Israel.
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!
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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