Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Micah:
Chapter 1
1. THE word of
the LORD that came to Micah the Mo-ras-thite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz,
and Hez-e-ki-ah, 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 Sa-phir, having thy shame naked:
the inhabitant of Za-a-nan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel;
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 La-chish, 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 Mo-resh-eth-gath: the houses
of Ach-zib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Ma-re-shah: he
shall come unto A-dul-lam 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.
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