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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. |
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Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple. |
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For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth. |
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The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place. |
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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 [are] the high places of Judah? [Are they] not Jerusalem? |
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"Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations. |
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All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, And all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire; All her idols I will lay desolate, For she gathered [it] from the pay of a harlot, And they shall return to the pay of a harlot." |
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Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches, |
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For her wounds [are] incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people -- To Jerusalem. |
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Tell [it] not in Gath, Weep not at all; In Beth Aphrah Roll yourself in the dust. |
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Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of Shaphir; The inhabitant of Zaanan does not go out. Beth Ezel mourns; Its place to stand is taken away from you. |
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For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem. |
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O inhabitant of Lachish, Harness the chariot to the swift steeds (She [was] the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion), For the transgressions of Israel were found in you. |
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Therefore you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath; The houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel. |
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I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam. |
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Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of your precious children; Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity. |
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