The Book of Micah

Mic 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Mi´-cah the Mo´-ras-thite in the days of Jo´-tham, Ahaz, and Hez-e-ki´ah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Sa-ma´-ri-a and Jerusalem.

Mic 1:2 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.

Mic 1:3 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of His place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Mic 1:4 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.

Mic 1:5 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 Sa-ma´-ri-a? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

Mic 1:6 Therefore I will make Sa-ma´-ri-a 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.

Mic 1:7 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.

Mic 1:8 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.

Mic 1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of My people, even to Jerusalem.

Mic 1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aph´-rah roll thyself in the dust.

Mic 1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Sa´-phir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Za´-a-nan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–e´-zel; he shall receive of you his standing.

Mic 1:12 For the inhabitant of Ma´-roth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Mic 1:13 O thou inhabitant of La´-chish, 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.

Mic 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Mor´-esh-eth–gath: the houses of Ach´-zib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Mic 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Ma-re´-shah: he shall come unto A-dul´-lam the glory of Israel.

Mic 1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.