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.
02 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.
03 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his
place, and will come down, and tread upon the
high places of the earth.
04 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.
05 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?
06 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.
07 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.
__________________________________ |
08 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.
09 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.
__________________________________ |
