Micah 1
1 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. 2 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. 3 For, behold, the
LORD cometh
forth out of his
place, and will come
down, and
tread upon the high
places of the
earth. 4 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. 5 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? 6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 For her
wound is
incurable; for it is
come unto
Judah; he is
come unto the
gate of my
people, even to
Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at
Gath, weep ye not at
all: in the house of
Aphrah roll thyself in the
dust. 11 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. 12 For the
inhabitant of
Maroth waited
carefully for
good: but
evil came
down from the
LORD unto the
gate of
Jerusalem. 13 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.
14 Therefore shalt thou
give presents to
Moreshethgath: the
houses of
Achzib shall be a
lie to the
kings of
Israel. 15 Yet will I
bring an
heir unto thee, O
inhabitant of
Mareshah: he shall
come unto
Adullam the
glory of
Israel. 16 Make thee
bald, and
poll thee for thy
delicate children; enlarge thy
baldness as the
eagle; for they are gone into
captivity from thee.