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# Chapter 1
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1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshite—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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2 Listen, all you peoples;
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pay attention, earth and everyone in it!
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The Lord God will be a witness against you,
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the Lord, from his holy temple.
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3 Look, the Lord is leaving his place
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and coming down to trample
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the heights of the earth.
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4 The mountains will melt beneath him,
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and the valleys will split apart,
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like wax near a fire,
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like water cascading down a mountainside.
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5 All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion
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and the sins of the house of Israel.
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What is the rebellion of Jacob?
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Isn’t it Samaria?
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And what is the high place of Judah?
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Isn’t it Jerusalem?
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6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
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a heap of ruins in the countryside,
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a planting area for a vineyard.
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I will roll her stones into the valley
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and expose her foundations.
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7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces;
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all her wages will be burned in the fire,
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and I will destroy all her idols.
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Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,
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they will be used again for a prostitute.
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8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
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I will walk barefoot and naked.
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I will howl like the jackals
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and mourn like ostriches.
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9 For her wound is incurable
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and has reached even Judah;
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it has approached my people’s city gate,
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as far as Jerusalem.
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10 Don’t announce it in Gath,
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don’t weep at all.
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Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
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11 Depart in shameful nakedness,
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you residents of Shaphir;
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the residents of Zaanan will not come out.
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Beth-ezel is lamenting;
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its support is taken from you.
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12 Though the residents of Maroth
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anxiously wait for something good,
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disaster has come from the Lord
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to the gate of Jerusalem.
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13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
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you residents of Lachish.
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This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion
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because Israel’s acts of rebellion can be traced to you.
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14 Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath;
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the houses of Achzib are a deception
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to the kings of Israel.
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15 I will again bring a conqueror
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against you who live in Mareshah.
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The nobility of Israel will come to Adullam.
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16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
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in sorrow for your precious children;
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make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
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for they have been taken from you into exile. |