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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, you peoples, all of you;
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pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
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and 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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and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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4 And the mountains will melt under him,
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and the valleys will split open,
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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 is the high place of Judah?
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Is it not Jerusalem?
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6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country,
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a place for planting vineyards,
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and I will pour down her stones into the valley
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and uncover her foundations.
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7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
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all her wages shall be burned with fire,
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and all her idols I will lay waste,
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for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
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and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
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8 For this I will lament and wail;
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I will go stripped and naked;
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I will make lamentation like the jackals,
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and mourning like the ostriches.
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9 For her wound is incurable,
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and it has come to Judah;
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it has reached 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-le-aphrah
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roll yourselves in the dust.
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11 Pass on your way,
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inhabitants of Shaphir,
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in nakedness and shame;
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the inhabitants of Zaanan
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do not come out;
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the lamentation of Beth-ezel
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shall take away from you its standing place.
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12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
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wait anxiously for good,
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because disaster has come down from the Lord
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to the gate of Jerusalem.
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13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
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inhabitants of Lachish;
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it was the beginning of sin
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to the daughter of Zion,
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for in you were found
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the transgressions of Israel.
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14 Therefore you shall give parting gifts
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to Moresheth-gath;
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the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
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to the kings of Israel.
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15 I will again bring a conqueror to you,
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inhabitants of Mareshah;
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the glory of Israel
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shall come to Adullam.
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16 Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
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for the children of your delight;
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make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
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for they shall go from you into exile. |