1:1 | The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came to Micah <04318> the Morasthite <04183> in the days <03117> of Jotham <03147>, Ahaz <0271>, [and] Hezekiah <03169>, kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, which he saw <02372> (8804) concerning Samaria <08111> and Jerusalem <03389>. |
1:2 | Hear <08085> (8798), all ye people <05971>; hearken <07181> (8685), O earth <0776>, and all that therein <04393> is: and let the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> be witness <05707> against you, the Lord <0136> from his holy <06944> temple <01964>. {all ye...: Heb. ye people, all of them} {all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof} |
1:3 | For, behold, the LORD <03068> cometh forth <03318> (8802) out of his place <04725>, and will come down <03381> (8804), and tread <01869> (8804) upon the high places <01116> of the earth <0776>. |
1:4 | And the mountains <02022> shall be molten <04549> (8738) under him, and the valleys <06010> shall be cleft <01234> (8691), as wax <01749> before <06440> the fire <0784>, [and] as the waters <04325> [that are] poured <05064> (8716) down a steep place <04174>. {a steep...: Heb. a descent} |
1:5 | For the transgression <06588> of Jacob <03290> [is] all this, and for the sins <02403> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>. What [is] the transgression <06588> of Jacob <03290>? [is it] not Samaria <08111>? and what [are] the high places <01116> of Judah <03063>? [are they] not Jerusalem <03389>? |
1:6 | Therefore I will make <07760> (8804) Samaria <08111> as an heap <05856> of the field <07704>, [and] as plantings <04302> of a vineyard <03754>: and I will pour down <05064> (8689) the stones <068> thereof into the valley <01516>, and I will discover <01540> (8762) the foundations <03247> thereof. |
1:7 | And all the graven images <06456> thereof shall be beaten to pieces <03807> (8714), and all the hires <0868> thereof shall be burned <08313> (8735) with the fire <0784>, and all the idols <06091> thereof will I lay <07760> (8799) desolate <08077>: for she gathered <06908> (8765) [it] of the hire <0868> of an harlot <02181> (8802), and they shall return <07725> (8799) to the hire <0868> of an harlot <02181> (8802). |
1:8 | Therefore I will wail <05594> (8799) and howl <03213> (8686), I will go <03212> (8799) stripped <07758> (8675) <07758> and naked <06174>: I will make <06213> (8799) a wailing <04553> like the dragons <08577>, and mourning <060> as the owls <01323> <03284>. {owls: Heb. daughters of the owl} |
1:9 | For her wound <04347> [is] incurable <0605> (8803); for it is come <0935> (8804) unto Judah <03063>; he is come <05060> (8804) unto the gate <08179> of my people <05971>, [even] to Jerusalem <03389>. {her...: or, she is grievously sick of her wounds} |
1:10 | Declare <05046> (8686) ye [it] not at Gath <01661>, weep <01058> (8799) ye not at all <01058> (8800): in the house of Aphrah <01036> roll <06428> (8690) (8675) <06428> (8694) thyself in the dust <06083>. {Aphrah: that is, Dust} |
1:11 | Pass ye away <05674> (8798), thou inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Saphir <08208>, having thy shame <01322> naked <06181>: the inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Zaanan <06630> came not forth <03318> (8804) in the mourning <04553> of Bethezel <01018>; he shall receive <03947> (8799) of you his standing <05979>. {thou...: or, thou that dwellest fairly} {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} {Zaanan: or, The country of flocks} {Bethezel: or, A place near} |
1:12 | For the inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Maroth <04796> waited carefully <02342> (8804) for good <02896>: but evil <07451> came down <03381> (8804) from the LORD <03068> unto the gate <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>. {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} {waited...: or, was grieved} |
1:13 | O thou inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Lachish <03923>, bind <07573> (8798) the chariot <04818> to the swift beast <07409>: she [is] the beginning <07225> of the sin <02403> to the daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: for the transgressions <06588> of Israel <03478> were found <04672> (8738) in thee. {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} |
1:14 | Therefore shalt thou give <05414> (8799) presents <07964> to Moreshethgath <04182>: the houses <01004> of Achzib <0392> [shall be] a lie <0391> to the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. {to...: or, for Moreshethgath} {Achzib: that is, A lie} |
1:15 | Yet will I bring <0935> (8686) an heir <03423> (8802) unto thee, O inhabitant <03427> (8802) of Mareshah <04762>: he shall come <0935> (8799) unto Adullam <05725> the glory <03519> of Israel <03478>. {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} {he...: or, the glory of Israel shall, etc} |
1:16 | Make thee bald <07139> (8798), and poll <01494> (8798) thee for thy delicate <08588> children <01121>; enlarge <07337> (8685) thy baldness <07144> as the eagle <05404>; for they are gone into captivity <01540> (8804) from thee. |