Micah 1

1The word of the Lord that came # 1:1 Hs 1:1; Jl 1:1; Zph 1:1 to Micah # 1:1 2Ch 29:5–11; 32:24–26; Jr 26:18 the Moreshite # 1:1 Mc 1:14 — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, # 1:1 2Kg 15:5,32–38; 2Ch 27:1–9; Is 1:1; Hs 1:1 Ahaz, # 1:1 2Kg 16:1–20; 2Ch 28:1–27; Is 7:1–12 and Hezekiah, # 1:1 2Kg 18:1–20; 2Ch 29:1–31 kings of Judah.

Coming Judgment on Israel

2Listen, all you peoples; # 1:2 1Kg 22:28; 2Ch 18:27; Jr 6:19; 22:29

pay attention, earth # 1:2 Or land and everyone in it! # 1:2 Ps 24:1; Is 34:1; Jr 47:2

The Lord God will be a witness against you, # 1:2 1Sm 12:5–6; Ps 50:7; Jr 42:5; Mal 3:5

the Lord, from his holy temple. # 1:2 Ps 11:4; Hab 2:20

3Look, the Lord is leaving his place # 1:3 Is 26:21

and coming down to trample

the heights # 1:3 Or high places of the earth. # 1:3 Am 4:13

4The mountains will melt beneath him,

and the valleys will split apart,

like wax near a fire, # 1:4 Ps 97:5; Is 64:1–2; Nah 1:5

like water cascading down a mountainside.

5All 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? # 1:5 Is 7:9; Am 8:14

And what is the high place of Judah? # 1:5 2Ch 34:3–4

Isn’t it Jerusalem?

6Therefore, I will make Samaria

a heap of ruins # 1:6 Mc 3:12 in the countryside,

a planting area # 1:6 Jr 31:5; Am 5:11 for a vineyard.

I will roll her stones # 1:6 Lm 4:1 into the valley

and expose her foundations. # 1:6 Ezk 13:14

7All her carved images will be smashed # 1:7 Dt 9:21; 2Ch 34:7 to pieces;

all her wages # 1:7 Dt 23:18 will be burned in the fire,

and I will destroy all her idols.

Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, # 1:7 Dt 23:18

they will be used again for a prostitute.

Micah’s Lament

8Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked. # 1:8 Is 20:2–4; 32:11

I will howl like the jackals # 1:8 Is 13:21–22

and mourn like ostriches. # 1:8 Or eagle owls; lit daughters of the desert

9For her wound is incurable # 1:9 Is 3:26; Jr 30:12,15

and has reached even Judah; # 1:9 2Kg 18:13–16; 19:31–37; Is 8:7–8

it has approached my people’s city gate, # 1:9 Mc 1:12

as far as Jerusalem.

10Don’t announce it in Gath, # 1:10 2Sm 1:20

don’t weep at all.

Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

11Depart in shameful nakedness, # 1:11 Ezk 23:29

you residents of Shaphir;

the residents of Zaanan # 1:11 Jos 15:37 will not come out.

Beth-ezel is lamenting;

its support # 1:11 Lit its standing place; Hb obscure is taken from you.

12Though the residents of Maroth

anxiously wait for something good, # 1:12 Is 59:9–11; Jr 14:19

disaster has come from the Lord # 1:12 Jdg 2:15; 2Kg 17:7; 21:12; Is 45:7; Mc 2:3

to the gate of Jerusalem.

13Harness the horses to the chariot,

you residents of Lachish. # 1:13 Jos 10:3; 2Kg 14:19; Is 36:2

This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion

because Israel’s acts of rebellion # 1:13 Mc 1:5 can be traced to you.

14Therefore, send farewell gifts # 1:14 2Kg 16:8 to Moresheth-gath;

the houses of Achzib # 1:14 Jos 15:44 are a deception # 1:14 Jr 15:18

to the kings of Israel.

15I will again bring a conqueror

against you who live in Mareshah. # 1:15 Jos 15:44

The nobility # 1:15 Lit glory of Israel will come to Adullam. # 1:15 Jos 12:15; 15:35; 1Sm 22:1; 2Sm 23:13

16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair # 1:16 Jb 1:20; Is 22:12; Jr 7:29

in sorrow for your precious children;

make yourselves as bald as an eagle,

for they have been taken from you into exile. # 1:16 2Kg 17:6; Am 7:11,17

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Michoh 1

1The Devar Hashem that came to Michah HaMorashti in the yamim of Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyah, melachim of Yehudah, which he saw concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim:

2Hear, all ye peoples;

hearken, O Eretz (earth), and all that is therein;

and let Adonoi Hashem be witness against you,

Adonoi from His Heikhal Kodesh.

3For, hinei, Hashem cometh forth out of His dwelling place,

and will come down, and tread upon the high places of ha'aretz.

4And the mountains shall melt under Him,

and the valleys shall be split apart,

like wax before the eish,

and like mayim that are poured down a steep place.

5Because of the peysha (transgression) of Ya'akov is all this,

and because of the chattot Bais Yisroel.

What is the peysha of Ya'akov?

Is it not Shomron?

And what are the high places of Yehudah?

Are they not Yerushalayim?

6Therefore I will make Shomron like a rubble heap of the sadeh,

and like a place for planting a kerem (vineyard);

and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,

and I will lay bare her foundations.

7And all the pesilim thereof shall be beaten to pieces,

and all the etnan (temple proceeds of cult prostitution) shall be burned with the eish,

and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate;

for she#1:7 i.e., Shomron gathered of the etnan (wage) of a zonah,

and they shall revert to the etnan (wage) of a zonah.

8Therefore I will weep and wail,

I will go barefoot and arom (half-naked);

I will wail like the jackals,

and mourn like the ostriches.

9For her wound is incurable;

for it is come unto Yehudah;

it is come unto the sha'ar ami (gate of my people)

even to Yerushalayim.

10Declare ye it not at Gat,

weep ye not at all;

at Beit L'aphrah (House of Dust) roll thyself in the aphar (dust).

11Pass ye on your way, thou inhabitant of Shaphir,

in nakedness and shame;

the inhabitants of Tza'anan dare not come out.

Beit-Ha'etzel is in mourning;

it withdraws from you its support.

12For the inhabitant of Marot waited anxiously for relief;

but rah (evil) came down from Hashem unto the sha'ar Yerushalayim.

13O thou inhabitant of Lakhish,

harness the merkavah to the swift horses;

it was the reshit chattat (beginning of sin) to Bat Tziyon;

for the transgressions of Yisroel

were found in thee.

14Therefore shalt thou give shilluchim (parting gifts) to Moreshet-Gat;

the batim (houses) of Achziv shall be a deception

to the melachim of Yisroel.

15Yet will I bring HaYoresh (The Heir, the one who takes possession) unto thee,

O inhabitant of Mareshah;

the kavod Yisroel shall come unto Adullam.

16Shave your head in mourning

for the children who were your delight;

make yourselves as bald as the nesher (vulture);

for they are gone into the golus from thee.

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