Micah 1

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1. 1The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth during the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2. 2Listen, all you peoples! Pay attention, earth, and everyone in it! Let the Lord GOD himself be a witness against you — the LORD speaking from his holy temple.
3. 3Look! The LORD is coming out from his dwelling place. He will come down and trample the heights of the earth.
4. 4The mountains will melt beneath him and the valleys will split apart — like wax before a fire, like water cascading down a cliff.
5. 5All of this is because of Jacob's rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the source of Jacob's rebellion? Isn't it Samaria? And where are Judah's pagan shrines? Right there in Jerusalem!
6. 6So I will turn Samaria into a heap in the field, like plantings of a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.
7. 7All her carved images will be smashed to pieces, and all her earnings will be burned with fire. I will make all her idols desolate, for she gathered them from the wages of a harlot, and they will return to the wages of a harlot.
8. 8Because of this, I will weep and wail. I will walk around stripped and naked. I will howl like the dragons and mourn like the owls.
9. 9For her wound is incurable; it has reached Judah; it has come to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10. 10Do not announce it in Gath; do not weep at all. In Beth Ophrah, roll yourself in the dust.
11. 11Pass away in shame, you inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and exposed. The people of Zaanan did not come out. Beth Ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
12. 12For the people of Maroth waited anxiously for good, but evil came down from the LORD to the gates of Jerusalem.
13. 13O inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: you are the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14. 14Therefore you will give presents to Moreshethgath; the houses of Achzib will be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15. 15Yet I will bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; he shall come to Adullam, the glory of Israel.
16. 16Shave your head and cut your hair for your delicate children; make your baldness as great as an eagle's, for they have gone into captivity from you.