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Micah 1

Destruction in Israel and Judah

1

The  aword of the LORD which came to  bMicah of Moresheth in the days of  cJotham,  dAhaz and  eHezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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Hear, O peoples, all of  1you;  aListen, O earth and  2all it contains, And let the Lord  3GOD be a  bwitness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.

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For behold, the LORD is  acoming forth from His place. He will come down and  btread on the high places of the  1earth.

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 aThe mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.

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All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the  arebellion of Jacob? Is it not  bSamaria? What is the  chigh  1place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

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For I will make Samaria a  aheap of ruins  1in the open country,  bPlanting places for a vineyard. I will  cpour her stones down into the valley And will  dlay bare her foundations.

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All of her  aidols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a  bharlot's earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.

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Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go  abarefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the  bjackals And a mourning like the ostriches.

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For her  1 awound is incurable, For  bit has come to Judah; It has reached the  cgate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.

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 aTell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At  1Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

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 1Go on your way, inhabitant of  2Shaphir, in  ashameful nakedness. The inhabitant of  3 bZaanan does not  4escape. The lamentation of  5Beth-ezel: "He will take from you its  6support."

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For the inhabitant of  1Maroth Becomes weak  awaiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the LORD To the  bgate of Jerusalem.

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Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of  aLachish-- She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion-- Because in you were found The  brebellious acts of Israel.

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Therefore you will give parting  agifts On behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of  bAchzib will become a  cdeception To the kings of Israel.

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Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of  1 aMareshah. The glory of Israel will enter  bAdullam.

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Make yourself  abald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will  bgo from you into exile.



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