1:1 The
word
of
the
LORD
that
came
to
Micah
of
Moresheth
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
1:2 Hear,
you
peoples,
all
of
you;
pay
attention,
O
earth,
and
all
that
is
in
it,
and
let
the
Lord
GOD
be
a
witness
against
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
1:3 For
behold,
the
LORD
is
coming
out
of
his
place,
and
will
come
down
and
tread
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
1:4 And
the
mountains
will
melt
under
him,
and
the
valleys
will
split
open,
like
wax
before
the
fire,
like
waters
poured
down
a
steep
place.
1:5 All
this
is
for
the
transgression
of
Jacob
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel.
What
is
the
transgression
of
Jacob
Is
it
not
Samaria
And
what
is
the
high
place
of
Judah
Is
it
not
Jerusalem
1:6 Therefore
I
will
make
Samaria
a
heap
in
the
open
country,
a
place
for
planting
vineyards,
and
I
will
pour
down
her
stones
into
the
valley
and
uncover
her
foundations.
1:7 All
her
carved
images
shall
be
beaten
to
pieces,
all
her
wages
shall
be
burned
with
fire,
and
all
her
idols
I
will
lay
waste,
for
from
the
fee
of
a
prostitute
she
gathered
them,
and
to
the
fee
of
a
prostitute
they
shall
return.
1:8 For
this
I
will
lament
and
wail;
I
will
go
stripped
and
naked;
I
will
make
lamentation
like
the
jackals,
and
mourning
like
the
ostriches.
1:9 For
her
wound
is
incurable,
and
it
has
come
to
Judah;
it
has
reached
to
the
gate
of
my
people,
to
Jerusalem.
1:10 Tell
it
not
in
Gath;
weep
not
at
all;
in
Beth-le-aphrah
roll
yourselves
in
the
dust.
1:11 Pass
on
your
way,
inhabitants
of
Shaphir,
in
nakedness
and
shame;
the
inhabitants
of
Zaanan
do
not
come
out;
the
lamentation
of
Beth-ezel
shall
take
away
from
you
its
standing
place.
1:12 For
the
inhabitants
of
Maroth
wait
anxiously
for
good,
because
disaster
has
come
down
from
the
LORD
to
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
1:13 Harness
the
steeds
to
the
chariots,
inhabitants
of
Lachish;
it
was
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion,
for
in
you
were
found
the
transgressions
of
Israel.
1:14 Therefore
you
shall
give
parting
gifts
to
Moresheth-gath;
the
houses
of
Achzib
shall
be
a
deceitful
thing
to
the
kings
of
Israel.
1:15 I
will
again
bring
a
conqueror
to
you,
inhabitants
of
Mareshah;
the
glory
of
Israel
shall
come
to
Adullam.
1:16 Make
yourselves
bald
and
cut
off
your
hair,
for
the
children
of
your
delight;
make
yourselves
as
bald
as
the
eagle,
for
they
shall
go
from
you
into
exile.