Mic 1 | LSB | STEP | The word of Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he beheld concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 1

Calamity in Israel and Judah

1 The word of ^{▼▼The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15}Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he beheld concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 Hear, O peoples, all of ^{▼▼Lit them}you;
Give heed, O earth, as well as its fullness,
And let Lord Yahweh be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, Yahweh is going forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the ^{▼▼Or land}earth.
4 The mountains will melt under Him,
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.
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?
What is the high ^{▼▼Lit places}place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6 So I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field,
Planting places for a vineyard.
And I will pour her stones down into the valley
And will lay bare her foundations.
7 And all of her graven images will be smashed,
And all of her earnings will be burned with fire
And all of her idols I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
8 Because of this I must lament and wail;
I must go barefoot and naked;
I must make a lament like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches.
9 For her ^{▼▼Lit wounds are}wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
It has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
10 Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At ^{▼▼Lit house of dust}Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
11 ^{▼▼ Go into captivity}Pass on by, inhabitant of ^{▼▼Lit pleasantness}Shaphir, in shameful nakedness.
The inhabitant of ^{▼▼Lit going out}Zaanan does not go out.
The lamentation of ^{▼▼Lit house of removal}Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its ^{▼▼Lit standing place}support.”
12 For the inhabitant of ^{▼▼Lit bitterness}Maroth
Writhes in waiting for good
Because a ^{▼▼Lit evil}calamity has come down from Yahweh
To the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
O inhabitant of Lachish—
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion—
Because in you were found
The transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you will give parting gifts
On behalf of ^{▼▼Lit possession of Gath}Moresheth-gath;
The houses of ^{▼▼Lit deception}Achzib will become a deception
To the kings of Israel.
15 Moreover, I will bring on you
The one who takes possession,
O inhabitant of ^{▼▼Lit to take possession}Mareshah.
The glory of Israel will enter Adullam.
16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will go from you into exile.