Micah 1

1 The word of the Lord that came to *(2 Pet. 1:21); Jer. 26:18Micah of Moresheth in the days of *2 Kin. 15:5, 7, 32–38; 2 Chr. 27:1–9; Is. 1:1; Hos. 1:1Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

The Coming Judgment on Israel

2 Hear, all you peoples!

Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!

Let the Lord God be a witness against you,

The Lord from *(Ps. 11:4)His holy temple.

3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place;

He will come down

And tread on the high places of the earth.

4 *Amos 9:5The mountains will melt under Him,

And the valleys will split

Like wax before the fire,

Like waters poured down a steep place.

5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob

And for the sins of the house of Israel.

What is the transgression of Jacob?

Isit not Samaria?

And what are the *Deut. 32:13; 33:29; Amos 4:13high places of Judah?

Arethey not Jerusalem?

6 "Therefore I will make Samaria *2 Kin. 19:25; Mic. 3:12a heap of ruins in the field,

Places for planting a vineyard;

I will pour down her stones into the valley,

And I will *Ezek. 13:14uncover her foundations.

7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,

And all her *Hos. 2:5pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;

All her idols I will lay desolate,

For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,

And they shall return to the *Deut. 23:18; Is. 23:17pay of a harlot."

Mourning for Israel and Judah

8 Therefore I will wail and howl,

I will go stripped and naked;

*Ps. 102:6I will make a wailing like the jackals

And a mourning like the ostriches,

9 For her wounds are incurable.

For *2 Kin. 18:13; Is. 8:7, 8it has come to Judah;

It has come to the gate of My people—

To Jerusalem.

10 *2 Sam. 1:20Tell it not in Gath,

Weep not at all;

In Beth Aphrah

Roll yourself in the dust.

11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of Shaphir;

The inhabitant of Zaanan does not go out.

Beth Ezel mourns;

Its place to stand is taken away from you.

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good,

But *Is. 59:9–11; Jer. 14:19; Amos 3:6disaster came down from the Lord

To the gate of Jerusalem.

13 O inhabitant of *Josh. 10:3; 2 Kin. 14:19; 18:14; Is. 36:2Lachish,

Harness the chariot to the swift steeds

(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),

For the transgressions of Israel were *Ezek. 23:11found in you.

14 Therefore you shall *2 Sam. 8:2give presents to Moresheth Gath;

The houses of *Josh. 15:44Achzib shallbe a lie to the kings of Israel.

15 I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of *Josh. 15:44Mareshah;

The glory of Israel shall come to *2 Chr. 11:7Adullam.

16 Make yourself *Job 1:20bald and cut off your hair,

Because of your *Lam. 4:5precious children;

Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,

For they shall go from you into *2 Kin. 17:6; Amos 7:11, 17; (Mic. 4:10)captivity.