Mic 1 | EngLXX | STEP | And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, andAchaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 1

1 And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, andAchaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hearthese words, you⌃ people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the LordGod shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of his holy habitation. 3 For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go uponthe high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax beforethe fire, and as water rushing down a declivity. 5 All thesecalamities are for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. Whatis the transgression of Jacob?is it not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda?is it not Jerusalem? 6 Therefore I will make Samariaas a store-house of the fruits of the field, andas a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose herfoundations. 7 And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shallburn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication,and of the hires of fornication has she amassedwealth. 8 Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, andbeing naked she shall make lamentation asthat of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens. 9 For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached to thegate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 You⌃ that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and you⌃ Enakim, do not rebuild fromthe ruins of the house in derision: sprinkle dustin the place of your laughter. 11 The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn forthe house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief. 12 Who has begunto act for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord uponthe gates of Jerusalem, 13 even a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sinto the daughter of Sion: for in you were found the transgressions of Israel. 14 Therefore shall he cause men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth,even vain houses; they are become vanity to the kings of Israel; 15 until they bring the heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam,even the glory of the daughter of Israel. 16 Shave your hair, and make yourself bald for your delicate children; increase your widowhoodas an eagle; foryour people are gone into captivity from you.