Micah 1:1-16

1 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. word^H1697 LORD^H3068 Micah^H4318 Morasthite^H4183 days^H3117 Jotham^H3147 Ahaz^H271 Hezekiah^H3169 kings^H4428 Judah^H3063 saw^H2372 Samaria^H8111 Jerusalem^H3389

2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. Hear^H8085 people^H5971 hearken^H7181 earth^H776 therein^H4393 Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 witness^H5707 Lord^H136 holy^H6944 temple^H1964

3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. LORD^H3068 forth^H3318 place^H4725 down^H3381 tread^H1869 places^H1116 earth^H776

4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. mountains^H2022 molten^H4549 valleys^H6010 cleft^H1234 wax^H1749 before^H6440 fire^H784 waters^H4325 poured^H5064 place^H4174

5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? transgression^H6588 Jacob^H3290 sins^H2403 house^H1004 Israel^H3478 transgression^H6588 Jacob^H3290 Samaria^H8111 places^H1116 Judah^H3063 Jerusalem^H3389

6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. make^H7760 Samaria^H8111 heap^H5856 field^H7704 plantings^H4302 vineyard^H3754 down^H5064 stones^H68 valley^H1516 discover^H1540 foundations^H3247

7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. images^H6456 pieces^H3807 hires^H868 burned^H8313 fire^H784 idols^H6091 lay^H7760 desolate^H8077 gathered^H6908 hire^H868 harlot^H2181 return^H7725 hire^H868 harlot^H2181

8 ¶ Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. wail^H5594 howl^H3213 go^H3212 stripped^H7758 stripped^H7758 naked^H6174 make^H6213 wailing^H4553 dragons^H8577 mourning^H60 owls^H1323 owls^H3284

9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. wound^H4347 incurable^H605 come^H935 Judah^H3063 come^H5060 gate^H8179 people^H5971 Jerusalem^H3389

10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Declare^H5046 Gath^H1661 weep^H1058 all^H1058 Aphrah^H1036 roll^H6428 roll^H6428 dust^H6083

11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. away^H5674 inhabitant^H3427 Saphir^H8208 shame^H1322 naked^H6181 inhabitant^H3427 Zaanan^H6630 forth^H3318 mourning^H4553 Bethezel^H1018 receive^H3947 standing^H5979

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. inhabitant^H3427 Maroth^H4796 carefully^H2342 good^H2896 evil^H7451 down^H3381 LORD^H3068 gate^H8179 Jerusalem^H3389

13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. inhabitant^H3427 Lachish^H3923 bind^H7573 chariot^H4818 beast^H7409 beginning^H7225 sin^H2403 daughter^H1323 Zion^H6726 transgressions^H6588 Israel^H3478 found^H4672

14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. give^H5414 presents^H7964 Moreshethgath^H4182 houses^H1004 Achzib^H392 lie^H391 kings^H4428 Israel^H3478

15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. bring^H935 heir^H3423 inhabitant^H3427 Mareshah^H4762 come^H935 Adullam^H5725 glory^H3519 Israel^H3478

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. bald^H7139 poll^H1494 delicate^H8588 children^H1121 enlarge^H7337 baldness^H7144 eagle^H5404 captivity^H1540