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