Micah 1
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1The Lord gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.
Grief over Samaria and Jerusalem
2Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!
Let the earth and everything in it hear.
The Sovereign Lord is making accusations against you;
the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.
3Look! The Lord is coming!
He leaves his throne in heaven
and tramples the heights of the earth.
4The mountains melt beneath his feet
and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
like water pouring down a hill.
5And why is this happening?
Because of the rebellion of Israel#1:5 Hebrew Jacob; also in 1:5b. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.—
yes, the sins of the whole nation.
Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion?
Samaria, its capital city!
Where is the center of idolatry in Judah?
In Jerusalem, its capital!
6“So I, the Lord, will make the city of Samaria
a heap of ruins.
Her streets will be plowed up
for planting vineyards.
I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below,
exposing her foundations.
7All her carved images will be smashed.
All her sacred treasures will be burned.
These things were bought with the money
earned by her prostitution,
and they will now be carried away
to pay prostitutes elsewhere.”
8Therefore, I will mourn and lament.
I will walk around barefoot and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
and moan like an owl.
9For my people’s wound
is too deep to heal.
It has reached into Judah,
even to the gates of Jerusalem.
10Don’t tell our enemies in Gath#1:10a Gath sounds like the Hebrew term for “tell.”;
don’t weep at all.
You people in Beth-leaphrah,#1:10b Beth-leaphrah means “house of dust.”
roll in the dust to show your despair.
11You people in Shaphir,#1:11a Shaphir means “pleasant.”
go as captives into exile—naked and ashamed.
The people of Zaanan#1:11b Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew term for “come out.”
dare not come outside their walls.
The people of Beth-ezel#1:11c Beth-ezel means “adjoining house.” mourn,
for their house has no support.
12The people of Maroth#1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew term for “bitter.” anxiously wait for relief,
but only bitterness awaits them
as the Lord’s judgment reaches
even to the gates of Jerusalem.
13Harness your chariot horses and flee,
you people of Lachish.#1:13a Lachish sounds like the Hebrew term for “team of horses.”
You were the first city in Judah
to follow Israel in her rebellion,
and you led Jerusalem#1:13b Hebrew the daughter of Zion. into sin.
14Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath#1:14a Moresheth sounds like the Hebrew term for “gift” or “dowry.”;
there is no hope of saving it.
The town of Aczib#1:14b Aczib means “deception.”
has deceived the kings of Israel.
15O people of Mareshah,#1:15a Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew term for “conqueror.”
I will bring a conqueror to capture your town.
And the leaders#1:15b Hebrew the glory. of Israel
will go to Adullam.
16Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow,
for the children you love will be snatched away.
Make yourselves as bald as a vulture,
for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.
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Micah 1
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1The word of Adonai that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—visions he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Smashing Idols in the High Places
2Hear, O peoples—all of you! Attention, O land and everything in it! Adonai Elohim will be witness against you— The Lord from His holy Temple.
3For behold, Adonai is coming forth out of His place. He will come down and trample on the high places of the land.
4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.
5All this is because of Jacob’s transgression and the sins of the house of Israel. Who is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? Who are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
6So I will make Samaria into a ruin in the countryside, planting places for a vineyard. I will hurl her stones into the valley and will lay bare her foundations.
7All her images will be smashed, all her prostitute’s pay burned with fire, and all her idols I will make desolate. For from prostitute’s pay she collected them and to prostitute’s pay they will return.
8Concerning this let me lament and howl. Let me walk barefoot and naked. I will make a howl like jackals and a mourning like ostriches.
9For her wounds are incurable. For it has come up to Judah. It has reached the gate of my people— even up to Jerusalem!
10Tell it not in Gath—weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll in the dust.
11Pass on, you who dwell in Saphir— nakedness and shame— she who dwells in Zaanan will not come out. Wailing of Beth-ezel: He will take from you its standing-place.
12For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good. For calamity has come down from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate.
13Harness the chariot to the steed, O inhabitant of Lachish! It was the beginning of sin for the Daughter of Zion— because in you were found the rebellions of Israel.
14Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath—houses of Achzib as a deception to the kings of Israel.
15Yet I will bring the possessor to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come as far as Adullam.
16Shave yourself bald, yes shear your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your bald spot like a vulture, for they went from you into exile.
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