59 lines
2.3 KiB
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59 lines
2.3 KiB
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# Chapter 1
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1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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2 Hear, all you peoples!
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Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
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Let the Lord God be a witness against you,
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The Lord from His holy temple.
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3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place;
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He will come down
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And tread on the high places of the earth.
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4 The mountains will melt under Him,
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And the valleys will split
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Like wax before the fire,
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Like waters poured down a steep place.
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5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob
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And for the sins of the house of Israel.
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What is the transgression of Jacob?
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Is it not Samaria?
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And what are the high places of Judah?
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Are they not Jerusalem?
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6 “Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field,
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Places for planting a vineyard;
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I will pour down her stones into the valley,
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And I will uncover her foundations.
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7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
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And all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
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All her idols I will lay desolate,
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For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
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And they shall return to the pay of a harlot.”
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8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
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I will go stripped and naked;
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I will make a wailing like the jackals
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And a mourning like the ostriches,
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9 For her wounds are incurable.
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For it has come to Judah;
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It has come to the gate of My people—
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To Jerusalem.
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10 Tell it not in Gath,
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Weep not at all;
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In Beth Aphrah
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Roll yourself in the dust.
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11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of Shaphir;
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The inhabitant of Zaanan does not go out.
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Beth Ezel mourns;
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Its place to stand is taken away from you.
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12 For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good,
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But disaster came down from the Lord
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To the gate of Jerusalem.
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13 O inhabitant of Lachish,
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Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
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(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),
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For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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14 Therefore you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath;
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The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
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15 I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah;
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The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
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16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
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Because of your precious children;
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Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
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For they shall go from you into captivity. |