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| [1]A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem: |
[1]The word of the Lord, that came unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem. |
| [2]Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple. |
[2]Hear, all ye people: hearken thou, O earth, and all that therein is, and let the Lord God be witness against you, even the Lord from his holy temple. |
| [3]For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth. |
[3]For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. |
| [4]Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope. |
[4]And the mountains shall melt under him (so shall the valleys cleave) as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured downward. |
| [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 the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? |
[5]For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel: what is the wickedness of Jacob? Is not Samaria? And which are the high places of Judah? Is not Jerusalem? |
| [6]And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover. |
[6]Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and for the planting of a vineyard, and I will cause the stones thereof to tumble down into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. |
| [7]And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return. |
[7]And all the graven images thereof shall be broken, and all the gifts thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I destroy: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the wages of an harlot. |
| [8]For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich. |
[8]Therefore I will mourn and howl: I will go without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches. |
| [9]For mortal [are] her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people -- to Jerusalem. |
[9]For her plagues are grievous: for it is come into Judah: the enemy is come unto the gate of my people, unto Jerusalem. |
| [10]In Gath tell ye not -- in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself. |
[10]Declare ye it not at Gath, neither weep ye: for the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. |
| [11]Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing. |
[11]Thou that dwellest at Saphir, go together naked with shame: she that dwelleth at Zaanan, shall not come forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel: the enemy shall receive of you for his standing. |
| [12]For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem. |
[12]For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem. |
| [13]Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel. |
[13]O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the beasts of price: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. |
| [14]Therefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel. |
[14]Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be as a lie to the kings of Israel. |
| [15]Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour 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 bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee! |
[16]Make thee bald: and shave thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee. |