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Micah 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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Introduction

¹ The word of the LORD that came ⓐ to Micah ⓑ the Moreshite ⓒ — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, ⓓ Ahaz, ⓔ and Hezekiah, ⓕ kings of Judah.

² Listen, all you peoples; ⓖ pay attention, earth [1] and everyone in it! ⓗ The Lord GOD will be a witness against you, ⓘ the Lord, from His holy temple. ⓙ

³ Look, the LORD is leaving His place ⓚ and coming down to trample the heights [2] of the earth. ⓛ

⁴ The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, ⓜ like water cascading down a mountainside.

⁵ All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? ⓝ And what is the high place of Judah? ⓞ Isn’t it Jerusalem?

⁶ Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins ⓟ in the countryside, a planting area ⓠ for a vineyard. I will roll her stones ⓡ into the valley and expose her foundations. ⓢ

⁷ All her carved images will be smashed ⓣ to pieces; all her wages ⓤ will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, ⓥ they will be used again for a prostitute.

⁸ Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. ⓦ I will howl like the jackals ⓧ and mourn like ostriches. [3]

⁹ For her wound is incurable ⓨ and has reached even Judah; ⓩ it has approached the gate of my people, ⓐ as far as Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Don’t announce it in Gath, ⓑ don’t weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

¹¹ Depart in shameful nakedness, ⓒ you residents of Shaphir; the residents of Zaanan ⓓ will not come out. Beth-ezel is lamenting; its support [4] is taken from you.

¹² Though the residents of Maroth anxiously wait for something good, ⓔ disaster has come from the LORD ⓕ to the gate of Jerusalem.

¹³ Harness the horses to the chariot, you residents of Lachish. ⓖ This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion, because Israel’s acts of rebellion ⓗ can be traced to you.

¹⁴ Therefore, send farewell gifts ⓘ to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib ⓙ are a deception ⓚ to the kings of Israel.

¹⁵ I will again bring a conqueror against you who live in Mareshah. ⓛ The nobility [5] of Israel will come to Adullam. ⓜ

¹⁶ Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair ⓝ in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile. ⓞ

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1	The word of the LORD that came ⓐ to Micah ⓑ the Moreshite ⓒ — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, ⓓ Ahaz, ⓔ and Hezekiah, ⓕ kings of Judah.
2	Listen, all you peoples; ⓖ pay attention, earth [1] and everyone in it! ⓗ The Lord GOD will be a witness against you, ⓘ the Lord, from His holy temple. ⓙ
3	Look, the LORD is leaving His place ⓚ and coming down to trample the heights [2] of the earth. ⓛ
4	The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, ⓜ like water cascading down a mountainside.
5	All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? ⓝ And what is the high place of Judah? ⓞ Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6	Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins ⓟ in the countryside, a planting area ⓠ for a vineyard. I will roll her stones ⓡ into the valley and expose her foundations. ⓢ
7	All her carved images will be smashed ⓣ to pieces; all her wages ⓤ will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, ⓥ they will be used again for a prostitute.
8	Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. ⓦ I will howl like the jackals ⓧ and mourn like ostriches. [3]
9	For her wound is incurable ⓨ and has reached even Judah; ⓩ it has approached the gate of my people, ⓐ as far as Jerusalem.
10	Don’t announce it in Gath, ⓑ don’t weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11	Depart in shameful nakedness, ⓒ you residents of Shaphir; the residents of Zaanan ⓓ will not come out. Beth-ezel is lamenting; its support [4] is taken from you.
12	Though the residents of Maroth anxiously wait for something good, ⓔ disaster has come from the LORD ⓕ to the gate of Jerusalem.
13	Harness the horses to the chariot, you residents of Lachish. ⓖ This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion, because Israel’s acts of rebellion ⓗ can be traced to you.
14	Therefore, send farewell gifts ⓘ to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib ⓙ are a deception ⓚ to the kings of Israel.
15	I will again bring a conqueror against you who live in Mareshah. ⓛ The nobility [5] of Israel will come to Adullam. ⓜ
16	Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair ⓝ in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile. ⓞ

Footnotes & Cross-References

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^{Micah 1:10 [1]} Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.

^{Micah 1:10 [2]} Beth Ophrah means house of dust.

^{Micah 1:11 [3]} Shaphir means pleasant.

^{Micah 1:11 [4]} Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.

^{Micah 1:12 [5]} Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.

^{Micah 1:14 [6]} Akzib means deception.

^{Micah 1:15 [7]} Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.

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