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1 # The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came to Micah <04318> the Morasthite <04183> in the days <03117> of Jotham <03147>, Ahaz <0271>, and Hezekiah <03169>, kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, which he saw <02372> (8804) concerning Samaria <08111> and Jerusalem <03389>.
2 Hear <08085> (8798), all ye people <05971>; hearken <07181> (8685), O earth <0776>, and all that therein <04393> is: and let the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> be witness <05707> against you, the Lord <0136> from his holy <06944> temple <01964>.
3 For, behold, the LORD <03068> cometh forth <03318> (8802) out of his place <04725>, and will come down <03381> (8804), and tread <01869> (8804) upon the high places <01116> of the earth <0776>.
4 And the mountains <02022> shall be molten <04549> (8738) under him, and the valleys <06010> shall be cleft <01234> (8691), as wax <01749> before <06440> the fire <0784>, and as the waters <04325> that are poured <05064> (8716) down a steep place <04174>.
5 For the transgression <06588> of Jacob <03290> is all this, and for the sins <02403> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>. What is the transgression <06588> of Jacob <03290>? is it not Samaria <08111>? and what are the high places <01116> of Judah <03063>? are they not Jerusalem <03389>?
6 Therefore I will make <07760> (8804) Samaria <08111> as an heap <05856> of the field <07704>, and as plantings <04302> of a vineyard <03754>: and I will pour down <05064> (8689) the stones <068> thereof into the valley <01516>, and I will discover <01540> (8762) the foundations <03247> thereof.
7 And all the graven images <06456> thereof shall be beaten to pieces <03807> (8714), and all the hires <0868> thereof shall be burned <08313> (8735) with the fire <0784>, and all the idols <06091> thereof will I lay <07760> (8799) desolate <08077> : for she gathered <06908> (8765) it of the hire <0868> of an harlot <02181> (8802), and they shall return <07725> (8799) to the hire <0868> of an harlot <02181> (8802).
8 # Therefore I will wail <05594> (8799) and howl <03213> (8686), I will go <03212> (8799) stripped <07758> (8675) <07758> and naked <06174>: I will make <06213> (8799) a wailing <04553> like the dragons <08577> , and mourning <060> as the owls <01323> <03284>.
9 For her wound <04347> is incurable <0605> (8803); for it is come <0935> (8804) unto Judah <03063> ; he is come <05060> (8804) unto the gate <08179> of my people <05971>, even to Jerusalem <03389>.
10 Declare <05046> (8686) ye it not at Gath <01661>, weep <01058> (8799) ye not at all <01058> (8800): in the house of Aphrah <01036> roll <06428> (8690) (8675) <06428> (8694) thyself in the dust <06083> .
11 Pass ye away <05674> (8798), thou inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Saphir <08208>, having thy shame <01322> naked <06181>: the inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Zaanan <06630> came not forth <03318> (8804) in the mourning <04553> of Bethezel <01018>; he shall receive <03947> (8799) of you his standing <05979>.
12 For the inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Maroth <04796> waited carefully <02342> (8804) for good <02896> : but evil <07451> came down <03381> (8804) from the LORD <03068> unto the gate <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>.
13 O thou inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Lachish <03923>, bind <07573> (8798) the chariot <04818> to the swift beast <07409>: she is the beginning <07225> of the sin <02403> to the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: for the transgressions <06588> of Israel <03478> were found <04672> (8738) in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give <05414> (8799) presents <07964> to Moreshethgath <04182>: the houses <01004> of Achzib <0392> shall be a lie <0391> to the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
15 Yet will I bring <0935> (8686) an heir <03423> (8802) unto thee, O inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Mareshah <04762>: he shall come <0935> (8799) unto Adullam <05725> the glory <03519> of Israel <03478>.
16 Make thee bald <07139> (8798), and poll <01494> (8798) thee for thy delicate <08588> children <01121> ; enlarge <07337> (8685) thy baldness <07144> as the eagle <05404>; for they are gone into captivity <01540> (8804) from thee.