Micah 1

1 ♥ 📝 T he word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 that came to Micah^H4318 the Morashtite^H4183 in the days^H3117 of Jotham,^H3147 Ahaz,^H271 and Hezekiah,^H3169 kings^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 which he saw^H2372 concerning Samaria^H8111 and Jerusalem.^H3389

2 ♥ 📝 Hear,^H8085 ye peoples,^H5971 all of you: hearken,^H7181 O earth,^H776 and all that therein^H4393 is: and let the Lord^H136 Jehovah^H3069 be witness^H5707 against you, the Lord^H136 from his holy^H6944 temple.^H1964

3 ♥ 📝 For, behold, Jehovah^H3068 cometh forth^H3318 out of his place,^H4725 and will come down,^H3381 and tread^H1869 upon the high places^H1116 of the earth.^H776

4 ♥ 📝 And the mountains^H2022 shall be melted^H4549 under him, and the valleys^H6010 shall be cleft,^H1234 as wax^H1749 before^H6440 the fire,^H784 as waters^H4325 that are poured^H5064 down a steep place.^H4174

5 ♥ 📝 For the transgression^H6588 of Jacob^H3290 is all this, and for the sins^H2403 of the house^H1004 of Israel.^H3478 What is the transgression^H6588 of Jacob?^H3290 is it not Samaria?^H8111 and what are the high places^H1116 of Judah?^H3063 are they not Jerusalem?^H3389

6 ♥ 📝 Therefore I will make^H7760 Samaria^H8111 as a heap^H5856 of the field,^H7704 [and] as places for planting vineyards;^H3754 and I will pour down^H5064 the stones^H68 thereof into the valley,^H1516 and I will uncover^H1540 the foundations^H3247 thereof.

7 ♥ 📝 And all her graven images^H6456 shall be beaten to pieces,^H3807 and all her hires^H868 shall be burned^H8313 with fire,^H784 and all her idols^H6091 will I lay^H7760 desolate;^H8077 for of the hire^H868 of a harlot^H2181 hath she gathered^H6908 them, and unto the hire^H868 of a harlot^H2181 shall they return.^H7725

8 ♥ 📝 For this will I lament^H5594 and wail;^H5594 I will go^H3212 stripped^H7758 and naked;^H6174 I will make^H6213 a wailing^H4553 like the jackals,^H8577 and a lamentation^H60 like the ostriches.^H1323

9 ♥ 📝 For her wounds^H4347 are incurable;^H605 for it is come^H935 even unto Judah;^H3063 it reacheth^H5060 unto the gate^H8179 of my people,^H5971 even to Jerusalem.^H3389

10 ♥ 📝 Tell^H5046 it not in Gath,^H1661 weep^H1058 not at all:^H1058 at Beth-le-aphrah^H1036 have I rolled^H6428 myself in the dust.^H6083

11 ♥ 📝 Pass away,^H5674 O inhabitant^H3427 of Shaphir,^H8208 in nakedness^H6181 and shame:^H1322 the inhabitant^H3427 of Zaanan^H6630 is not come forth;^H3318 the wailing^H4553 of Beth-ezel^H1018 shall take^H3947 from you the stay^H5979 thereof.

12 ♥ 📝 For the inhabitant^H3427 of Maroth^H4796 waiteth anxiously^H2342 for good,^H2896 because evil^H7451 is come down^H3381 from Jehovah^H3068 unto the gate^H8179 of Jerusalem.^H3389

13 ♥ 📝 Bind^H7573 the chariot^H4818 to the swift steed,^H7409 O inhabitant^H3427 of Lachish:^H3923 she was the beginning^H7225 of sin^H2403 to the daughter^H1323 of Zion;^H6726 for the transgressions^H6588 of Israel^H3478 were found^H4672 in thee.

14 ♥ 📝 Therefore shalt thou give^H5414 a parting gift^H7964 to Moresheth-gath:^H4182 the houses^H1004 of Achzib^H392 shall be a deceitful thing^H391 unto the kings^H4428 of Israel.^H3478

15 ♥ 📝 I will yet bring^H935 unto thee, O inhabitant^H3427 of Mareshah,^H4762 him^H3423 that shall possess thee: the glory^H3519 of Israel^H3478 shall come^H935 even unto Adullam.^H5725

16 ♥ 📝 Make thee bald,^H7139 and cut off^H1494 thy hair for the children^H1121 of thy delight:^H8588 enlarge^H7337 thy baldness^H7144 as the eagle;^H5404 for they are gone into captivity^H1540 from thee.