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Micah 1
1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came
<01961> to
Micah <04318> the Morasthite <04183> in the days <
03117> of
Jotham <03147>, Ahaz <0271>, [and] Hezekiah <
02396>, kings
<04428> of Judah <03063>, which <0834> he saw
<02372> concerning
<05921> Samaria <08111> and Jerusalem <03389>.
2 Hear <08085>, all <03605> ye people <05971>;
hearken <07181>,
O earth <0776>, and all <04393> 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 <02009>, the LORD <03068> cometh <
03318> forth
<03318> out of his place <04725>, and will come <
03381> down
<03381>, and tread <01869> upon the high <01116>
places of the
earth <0776>.
4 And the mountains <02022> shall be molten <04549>
under
<08478> him, and the valleys <06010> shall be cleft
<01234>, as
wax <01749> before <06440> the fire <0784>,
[and] as the waters
<04325> [that are] poured <05064> down a steep <
04174> place.
5 For the transgression <06588> of Jacob <03290>
[is] all
<03605> this <02063>, and for the sins <02403>
of the house
<01004> of Israel <03478>. What <04310> [is]
the transgression
<06588> of Jacob <03290>? [is it] not Samaria <
08111>? and what
<04310> [are] the high <01116> places of Judah <
03063>? [are
they] not Jerusalem <03389>?
6 Therefore I will make <07760> Samaria <08111> as
an heap
<05856> of the field <07704>, [and] as plantings <
04302> of a
vineyard <03754>: and I will pour <05064> down the
stones <068>
thereof into the valley <01516>, and I will discover <
01540> the
foundations <03247> thereof.
7 And all <03605> the graven <06456> images thereof
shall be
beaten <03807> to pieces, and all <03605> the hires
<0868>
thereof shall be burned <08313> with the fire <0784>,
and all
<03605> the idols <06091> thereof will I lay <
07760> desolate
<08077>: for she gathered <06908> [it] of the hire
<0868> of an
harlot <02181>, and they shall return <07725> to the
hire <0868>
of an harlot <02181>.
8. Therefore I will wail <05594> and howl <03213>, I
will go
<03212> stripped <07758> and naked <06174>: I
will make <06213>
a wailing <04553> like the dragons <08577>, and
mourning <060>
as the owls.
9 For her wound <04347> [is] incurable <0605>; for
it is come
<0935> unto Judah <03063>; he is come <05060>
unto the gate
<08179> of my people <05971>, [even] to Jerusalem <
03389>.
10 Declare <05046> ye [it] not at Gath <01661>, weep
<01058> ye
not at all: in the house <01035> of Aphrah <01036>
roll <06428>
thyself in the dust <06083>.
11 Pass <05674> ye away, thou inhabitant <03427> of
Saphir
<08208>, having thy shame <01322> naked <06181>:
the inhabitant
<03427> of Zaanan came <03318> not forth <03318>
in the mourning
<04553> of Bethezel <01018>; he shall receive <
03947> of you his
standing <05979>.
12 For the inhabitant <03427> of Maroth <04796>
waited <02342>
carefully <02470> for good <02896>: but evil <
07451> came
<03381> down <03381> from the LORD <03068> unto
the gate <08179>
of Jerusalem <03389>.
13 O thou inhabitant <03427> of Lachish <03923>,
bind <07573>
the chariot <04818> to the swift <07409> 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> in thee.
14 Therefore <03651> shalt thou give <05414>
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 <05750> will I bring <0935> an heir <
03423> unto thee, O
inhabitant <03427> of Mareshah <04762>: he shall come
<0935>
unto Adullam <05725> the glory <03519> of Israel <
03478>.
16 Make thee bald <07139>, and poll <01494> thee for
thy
delicate <08588> children <01121>; enlarge <
07337> thy baldness
<07144> as the eagle <05404>; for they are gone into
captivity
<01540> from thee.
Micah 2
1. Woe <01945> to them that devise <02803> iniquity
<0205>, and
work <06466> evil <07451> upon their beds <
04904>! when the
morning <01242> is light <0216>, they practise <
06213> it,
because <03588> it is in the power <0410> of their
hand <03027>.
2 And they covet <02530> fields <07704>, and take
<05375>
[them] by violence <01497>; and houses <01004>, and
take <05375>
[them] away <07726>: so they oppress <06231> a man
<01397> and
his house <01004>, even a man <0376> and his heritage
<05159>.
3 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>;
Behold <02005>, against <05921> this <02063>
family <04940> do I
devise <02803> an evil <07451>, from which <
0834> ye shall not
remove <04185> your necks <06677>; neither <
03808> shall ye go
<03212> haughtily <07317>: for this <01931>
time <06256> [is]
evil <07451>.
4 In that day <03117> shall [one] take <05375> up a
parable
<04912> against <05921> you, and lament <05091>
with a doleful
<05093> lamentation <05092>, [and] say <0559>,
We be utterly
<07703> spoiled <07703>: he hath changed <04171>
the portion
<02506> of my people <05971>: how <0349> hath
he removed <04185>
[it] from me! turning <07725> away he hath divided <
02505> our
fields <07704>.
5 Therefore <03651> thou shalt have <01961> none <
03808> that
shall cast <07993> a cord <02256> by lot <01486>
in the
congregation <06951> of the LORD <03068>.
6. Prophesy <05197> ye not, [say they to them that]
prophesy
<05197>: they shall not prophesy <05197> to them,
[that] they
shall not take <05253> shame <03639>.
7 O [thou that art] named <0559> the house <01004>
of Jacob
<03290>, is the spirit <07307> of the LORD <
03068> straitened
<07114>? [are] these <0428> his doings <04611>?
do not my words
<01697> do good <03190> to him that walketh <
01980> uprightly
<03477>?
8 Even of late <0865> my people <05971> is risen <
06965> up as
an enemy <0341>: ye pull <06584> off the robe <
0145> with the
garment <08008> from them that pass <05674> by
securely <0983>
as men averse <07725> from war <04421>.
9 The women <0802> of my people <05971> have ye cast
<01644>
out from their pleasant <08588> houses <01004>; from
their
children <05768> have ye taken <03947> away my glory
<01926> for
ever <05769>.
10 Arise <06965> ye, and depart <03212>; for this
<02063> [is]
not [your] rest <04496>: because <05668> it is
polluted <02930>,
it shall destroy <02254> [you], even with a sore <
04834>
destruction <02256>.
11 If <05863> a man <0376> walking <01980> in
the spirit
<07307> and falsehood <08267> do lie <03576>,
[saying], I will
prophesy <05197> unto thee of wine <03196> and of
strong <07941>
drink <07941>; he shall even be the prophet <05197>
of this
<02088> people <05971>.
12. I will surely assemble <0622>, O Jacob <03290>,
all <03605>
of thee; I will surely gather <06908> the remnant <
07611> of
Israel <03478>; I will put <07760> them together <
03162> as the
sheep <06629> of Bozrah <01224>, as the flock <
05739> in the
midst <08432> of their fold <01699>: they shall make
great noise
<01949> by reason of [the multitude of] men <0120>.
13 The breaker <06555> is come <05927> up before <
06440> them:
they have broken <06555> up, and have passed <05674>
through the
gate <08179>, and are gone <03318> out by it: and
their king
<04428> shall pass <05674> before <06440> them,
and the LORD
<03068> on the head <07218> of them.
Micah 3
1. And I said <0559>, Hear <08085>, I pray <
04994> you, O heads
<07218> of Jacob <03290>, and ye princes <07101>
of the house
<01004> of Israel <03478>; [Is it] not for you to
know <03045>
judgment <04941>?
2 Who <04310> hate <08130> the good <02896>,
and love <0157>
the evil <07451>; who <04310> pluck <01497> off
their skin
<05785> from off them, and their flesh <07607> from
off <05921>
their bones <06106>;
3 Who <04310> also eat <0398> the flesh <07607>
of my people
<05971>, and flay <06584> their skin <05785>
from off <05921>
them; and they break <06746> their bones <06106>, and
chop
<06566> them in pieces, as for the pot <05518>, and
as flesh
<01320> within <08432> the caldron <07037>.
4 Then <0227> shall they cry <02199> unto the LORD
<03068>, but
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