1 The word of theLordthat cameto Micahthe Moreshite— what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham,Ahaz,and Hezekiah,kings of Judah.
Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Listen, all you peoples;
pay attention, earthand everyone in it!
The LordGodwill be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.
3 Look, theLordis leaving His place
and coming down to trample
the heightsof the earth.
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.
5 All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion
and the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Isn’t it Samaria?
And what is the high place of Judah?
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruinsin the countryside,
a planting areafor a vineyard.
I will roll her stonesinto the valley
and expose her foundations.
7 All her carved images will be smashedto pieces;
all her wageswill be burned in the fire,
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,
they will be used again for a prostitute.
Micah’s Lament
8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
9 For her wound is incurable
and has reached even Judah;
it has approached the gate of my people,
as far as Jerusalem.
10 Don’t announce it in Gath,
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11 Depart in shameful nakedness,
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaananwill not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its supportis taken from you.
12 Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,
disaster has come from theLord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,
because Israel’s acts of rebellioncan be traced to you.
14 Therefore, send farewell giftsto Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzibare a deception
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.
The nobilityof Israel will come to Adullam.
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
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