Micah 1
1 And the word
of the Lord came to Micah the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and
Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria
and Jerusalem.
2 Hear
these words, ye people; and let the earth give heed,
and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony,
the Lord out of his holy habitation.
3 For, behold, the Lord comes forth
out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the
earth. 4 And the mountains shall be
shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as
water rushing down a declivity.
5 All these
calamities are for the transgression of Jacob, and
for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob?
is it not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house
of Juda? is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria
as a store-house of the fruits of the field, and
as a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly
demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.
7 And they shall cut in pieces all the
graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I
will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of
fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed
wealth.
8 Therefore shall she lament and wail,
she shall go barefooted, and being naked she shall
make lamentation as that of serpents, and mourning as
of the daughters of sirens. 9 For her
plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached to
the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Ye that are in Geth, exalt not
yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from
the ruins of the house in derision: sprinkle dust
in the place of your laughter.
11 The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly
inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she
shall receive of you the stroke of grief.
12 Who has begun
to act for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for
calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,
13 even a
sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader
of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions of
Israel. 14 Therefore shall he cause
men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth,
even vain houses; they are become vanity to the kings
of Israel; 15 until they bring the
heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam,
even the glory of the daughter of Israel.
16 Shave thine hair, and make thyself
bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for
thy people are gone into captivity from thee.