1:1 The
word
of
Jehovah
that
came
to
Micah
the
Morashtite
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
1:2 Hear,
ye
peoples,
all
of
you:
hearken,
O
earth,
and
all
that
therein
is:
and
let
the
Lord
Jehovah
be
witness
against
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
1:3 For,
behold,
Jehovah
cometh
forth
out
of
his
place,
and
will
come
down,
and
tread
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
1:4 And
the
mountains
shall
be
melted
under
him,
and
the
valleys
shall
be
cleft,
as
wax
before
the
fire,
as
waters
that
are
poured
down
a
steep
place.
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
Samaria
and
what
are
the
high
places
of
Judah
are
they
not
Jerusalem
1:6 Therefore
I
will
make
Samaria
as
a
heap
of
the
field,
[and]
as
places
for
planting
vineyards;
and
I
will
pour
down
the
stones
thereof
into
the
valley,
and
I
will
uncover
the
foundations
thereof.
1:7 And
all
her
graven
images
shall
be
beaten
to
pieces,
and
all
her
hires
shall
be
burned
with
fire,
and
all
her
idols
will
I
lay
desolate;
for
of
the
hire
of
a
harlot
hath
she
gathered
them,
and
unto
the
hire
of
a
harlot
shall
they
return.
1:8 For
this
will
I
lament
and
wail;
I
will
go
stripped
and
naked;
I
will
make
a
wailing
like
the
jackals,
and
a
lamentation
like
the
ostriches.
1:9 For
her
wounds
are
incurable;
for
it
is
come
even
unto
Judah;
it
reacheth
unto
the
gate
of
my
people,
even
to
Jerusalem.
1:10 Tell
it
not
in
Gath,
weep
not
at
all:
at
Beth-le-aphrah
have
I
rolled
myself
in
the
dust.
1:11 Pass
away,
O
inhabitant
of
Shaphir,
in
nakedness
and
shame:
the
inhabitant
of
Zaanan
is
not
come
forth;
the
wailing
of
Beth-ezel
shall
take
from
you
the
stay
thereof.
1:12 For
the
inhabitant
of
Maroth
waiteth
anxiously
for
good,
because
evil
is
come
down
from
Jehovah
unto
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
1:13 Bind
the
chariot
to
the
swift
steed,
O
inhabitant
of
Lachish:
she
was
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion;
for
the
transgressions
of
Israel
were
found
in
thee.
1:14 Therefore
shalt
thou
give
a
parting
gift
to
Moresheth-gath:
the
houses
of
Achzib
shall
be
a
deceitful
thing
unto
the
kings
of
Israel.
1:15 I
will
yet
bring
unto
thee,
O
inhabitant
of
Mareshah,
him
that
shall
possess
thee:
the
glory
of
Israel
shall
come
even
unto
Adullam.
1:16 Make
thee
bald,
and
cut
off
thy
hair
for
the
children
of
thy
delight:
enlarge
thy
baldness
as
the
eagle;
for
they
are
gone
into
captivity
from
thee.
