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Micah, Chapter 1

¹ The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.	1 Pe2 1:21 Jer 26:18 Ki2 15:5 Ki2 15:32-38 Ch2 27:1-9 Isa 1:1 Hos 1:1 Ki2 16:1-20 Ch2 28:1-27 Isa 7:1-12 Ki2 18:1-20 Ch2 29:1-31
² Hear, O peoples, all of^a Lit themyou; Listen, O earth and^b Lit its fullnessall it contains, And let the Lord^c Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.	2 Jer 6:19 Jer 22:29 Isa 50:7
³ For behold, the LORD is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the^d Or landearth.	3 Isa 26:21 Amo 4:13
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.	4 Psa 97:5 Isa 64:1 Isa 64:2 Nah 1:5
⁵ All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high^e Lit placesplace of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?	5 Jer 2:19 Isa 7:9 Amo 8:14 Ch2 34:3 Ch2 34:4
⁶ For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins^f Lit of the fieldin the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations.	6 Ki2 19:25 Mic 3:12 Jer 31:5 Amo 5:11 Ljr 4:1 Eze 13:14
⁷ All of her idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.	7 Deu 9:21 Ch2 34:7 Deu 23:18 Isa 23:17
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.	8 Isa 32:11 Isa 13:21 Isa 13:22
⁹ For her^g Lit woundswound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.	9 Isa 3:26 Jer 30:12 Jer 30:15 Ki2 18:13 Isa 8:7 Isa 8:8 Mic 1:12
¹⁰ Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At^h I.e. house of dustBeth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.	10 Sa2 1:20
¹¹ ⁱ I.e. Go into captivityGo on your way, inhabitant of^j I.e. pleasantnessShaphir, in shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of^k I.e. going outZaanan does not^l Lit go outescape. The lamentation of^m I.e. house of removalBeth-ezel: “He will take from you itsⁿ Lit standing placesupport.”	11 Eze 23:29 Jos 15:37
¹² For the inhabitant of^o I.e. bitternessMaroth Becomes weak waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem.	12 Isa 59:9-11 Jer 14:19 Mic 1:9
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 rebellious acts of Israel.	13 Jos 10:3 Ki2 14:19 Isa 36:2 Mic 1:5
¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting gifts On behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of Achzib will become a deception To the kings of Israel.	14 Ki2 16:8 Jos 15:44 Jer 15:18
¹⁵ Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of^p I.e. possessionMareshah. The glory of Israel will enter Adullam.	15 Jos 15:44 Jos 12:15 Jos 15:35 Sa2 23:13
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.	16 Isa 22:12 Ki2 17:6 Amo 7:11 Amo 7:17


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