1 The word1697 of the LORD3068 that came1961 to Micah4318 the Morasthite4183 in the days3117 of Jotham,3147 Ahaz,271 and Hezekiah,2396 kings4428 of Judah,3063 which834 he saw2372 concerning5921 Samaria8111 and Jerusalem.3389
2 Hear,8085 all3605 you people;5971 listen,7181 O earth,776 and all4393 that therein4393 is: and let the Lord136 GOD3069 be witness5707 against you, the LORD136 from his holy6944 temple.1964
3 For, behold,2009 the LORD3068 comes3318 forth3318 out of his place,4725 and will come3381 down,3381 and tread1869 on the high1116 places of the earth.776
4 And the mountains2022 shall be molten4549 under8478 him, and the valleys6010 shall be cleft,1234 as wax1749 before6440 the fire,784 and as the waters4325 that are poured5064 down a steep4174 place.
5 For the transgression6588 of Jacob3290 is all3605 this,2063 and for the sins2403 of the house1004 of Israel.3478 What4310 is the transgression6588 of Jacob?3290 is it not Samaria?8111 and what4310 are the high1116 places of Judah?3063 are they not Jerusalem?3389
6 Therefore I will make7760 Samaria8111 as an heap5856 of the field,7704 and as plantings4302 of a vineyard:3754 and I will pour5064 down the stones68 thereof into the valley,1516 and I will discover1540 the foundations3247 thereof.
7 And all3605 the graven6456 images thereof shall be beaten3807 to pieces, and all3605 the hires868 thereof shall be burned8313 with the fire,784 and all3605 the idols6091 thereof will I lay7760 desolate:8077 for she gathered6908 it of the hire868 of an harlot,2181 and they shall return7725 to the hire868 of an harlot.2181
8 Therefore I will wail5594 and howl,3213 I will go3212 stripped7758 and naked:6174 I will make6213 a wailing4553 like the dragons,8577 and mourning60 as the owls.1323 3284
9 For her wound4347 is incurable;605 for it is come935 to Judah;3063 he is come5060 to the gate8179 of my people,5971 even to Jerusalem.3389
10 Declare5046 you it not at Gath,1661 weep1058 you not at all: in the house1035 of Aphrah1036 roll6428 yourself in the dust.6083
11 Pass5674 you away, you inhabitant3427 of Saphir,8208 having your shame1322 naked:6181 the inhabitant3427 of Zaanan6630 came3318 not forth3318 in the mourning4553 of Bethezel;1018 he shall receive3947 of you his standing.5979
12 For the inhabitant3427 of Maroth4796 waited2342 carefully2470 for good:2896 but evil7451 came3381 down3381 from the LORD3068 to the gate8179 of Jerusalem.3389
13 O you inhabitant3427 of Lachish,3923 bind7573 the chariot4818 to the swift7409 beast:7409 she is the beginning7225 of the sin2403 to the daughter1323 of Zion:6726 for the transgressions6588 of Israel3478 were found4672 in you.
14 Therefore3651 shall you give5414 presents7964 to Moreshethgath:4182 the houses1004 of Achzib392 shall be a lie391 to the kings4428 of Israel.3478
15 Yet5750 will I bring935 an heir3423 to you, O inhabitant3427 of Mareshah:4762 he shall come935 to Adullam5725 the glory3519 of Israel.3478
16 Make you bald,7139 and poll1494 you for your delicate8588 children;1121 enlarge7337 your baldness7144 as the eagle;5404 for they are gone into captivity1540 from you.
1 Woe1945 to them that devise2803 iniquity,205 and work6466 evil7451 on their beds!4904 when the morning1242 is light,216 they practice6213 it, because3588 it is in the power410 of their hand.3027
2 And they covet2530 fields,7704 and take5375 them by violence;1497 and houses,1004 and take5375 them away:7726 so they oppress6231 a man1397 and his house,1004 even a man376 and his heritage.5159
3 Therefore3651 thus3541 said559 the LORD;3068 Behold,2005 against5921 this2063 family4940 do I devise2803 an evil,7451 from which834 you shall not remove4185 your necks;6677 neither3808 shall you go3212 haughtily:7317 for this1931 time6256 is evil.7451
4 In that day3117 shall one take5375 up a parable4912 against5921 you, and lament5091 with a doleful5093 lamentation,5092 and say,559 We be utterly7703 spoiled:7703 he has changed4171 the portion2506 of my people:5971 how349 has he removed4185 it from me! turning7725 away he has divided2505 our fields.7704
5 Therefore3651 you shall have1961 none3808 that shall cast7993 a cord2256 by lot1486 in the congregation6951 of the LORD.3068
6 Prophesy5197 you not, say they to them that prophesy:5197 they shall not prophesy5197 to them, that they shall not take5253 shame.3639
7 O you that are named559 the house1004 of Jacob,3290 is the spirit7307 of the LORD3068 straitened?7114 are these428 his doings?4611 do not my words1697 do good3190 to him that walks1980 uprightly?3477
8 Even of late865 my people5971 is risen6965 up as an enemy:341 you pull6584 off the robe145 with the garment8008 from them that pass5674 by securely983 as men averse7725 from war.4421
9 The women802 of my people5971 have you cast1644 out from their pleasant8588 houses;1004 from their children5768 have you taken3947 away my glory1926 for ever.5769
10 Arise6965 you, and depart;3212 for this2063 is not your rest:4496 because5668 it is polluted,2930 it shall destroy2254 you, even with a sore4834 destruction.2256
11 If3863 a man376 walking1980 in the spirit7307 and falsehood8267 do lie,3576 saying, I will prophesy5197 to you of wine3196 and of strong7941 drink;7941 he shall even be the prophet5197 of this2088 people.5971
12 I will surely assemble,622 O Jacob,3290 all3605 of you; I will surely gather6908 the remnant7611 of Israel;3478 I will put7760 them together3162 as the sheep6629 of Bozrah,1224 as the flock5739 in the middle8432 of their fold:1699 they shall make great noise1949 by reason of the multitude of men.120
13 The breaker6555 is come5927 up before6440 them: they have broken6555 up, and have passed5674 through the gate,8179 and are gone3318 out by it: and their king4428 shall pass5674 before6440 them, and the LORD3068 on the head7218 of them.
1 And I said,559 Hear,8085 I pray4994 you, O heads7218 of Jacob,3290 and you princes7101 of the house1004 of Israel;3478 Is it not for you to know3045 judgment?4941
2 Who hate8130 the good,2896 and love157 the evil;7451 who pluck1497 off their skin5785 from off them, and their flesh7607 from off5921 their bones;6106
3 Who834 also eat398 the flesh7607 of my people,5971 and flay6584 their skin5785 from off5921 them; and they break6476 their bones,6106 and chop6566 them in pieces, as for the pot,5518 and as flesh1320 within8432 the caldron.7037
4 Then227 shall they cry2199 to the LORD,3068 but he will not hear6030 them: he will even hide5641 his face6440 from them at that time,6256 as they have behaved7489 themselves ill7489 in their doings.4611
5 Thus3541 said559 the LORD3068 concerning5921 the prophets5030 that make my people5971 err,8582 that bite5391 with their teeth,8127 and cry,7121 Peace;7965 and he that puts5414 not into5921 their mouths,6310 they even prepare6942 war4421 against5921 him.
6 Therefore3651 night3915 shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision;2377 and it shall be dark2821 to you, that you shall not divine;7080 and the sun8121 shall go935 down over5921 the prophets,5030 and the day3117 shall be dark6937 over5921 them.
7 Then shall the seers2374 be ashamed,954 and the diviners7080 confounded:2659 yes, they shall all3605 cover5844 their lips;8222 for there is no369 answer4617 of God.430
8 But truly199 I am full4390 of power3581 by the spirit7307 of the LORD,3068 and of judgment,4941 and of might,1369 to declare5046 to Jacob3290 his transgression,6588 and to Israel3478 his sin.2403
9 Hear8085 this,2063 I pray4994 you, you heads7218 of the house1004 of Jacob,3290 and princes7101 of the house1004 of Israel,3478 that abhor8581 judgment,4941 and pervert6140 all3605 equity.3477
10 They build1129 up Zion6726 with blood,1818 and Jerusalem3389 with iniquity.5766
11 The heads7218 thereof judge8199 for reward,7810 and the priests3548 thereof teach3384 for hire,4242 and the prophets5030 thereof divine7080 for money:3701 yet will they lean8172 on the LORD,3068 and say,559 Is not the LORD3068 among7130 us? none3808 evil7451 can come935 on us.
12 Therefore3651 shall Zion6726 for your sake1558 be plowed2790 as a field,7704 and Jerusalem3389 shall become1961 heaps,5856 and the mountain2022 of the house1004 as the high1116 places of the forest.3293
1 But in the last319 days3117 it shall come1961 to pass, that the mountain2022 of the house1004 of the LORD3068 shall be established3559 in the top7218 of the mountains,2022 and it shall be exalted5375 above the hills;1389 and people5971 shall flow5102 to it.
2 And many7227 nations1471 shall come,1980 and say,559 Come,3212 and let us go5927 up to the mountain2022 of the LORD,3068 and to the house1004 of the God430 of Jacob;3290 and he will teach3384 us of his ways,1870 and we will walk3212 in his paths:734 for the law8451 shall go3318 forth3318 of Zion,6726 and the word1697 of the LORD3068 from Jerusalem.3389
3 And he shall judge8199 among996 many7227 people,5971 and rebuke3198 strong6099 nations1471 afar7350 off; and they shall beat3807 their swords2719 into plowshares,855 and their spears2595 into pruning hooks:4211 nation1471 shall not lift5375 up a sword2719 against413 nation,1471 neither3808 shall they learn3925 war4421 any more.5750
4 But they shall sit3427 every man376 under8478 his vine1612 and under8478 his fig8384 tree; and none369 shall make them afraid:2729 for the mouth6310 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635 has spoken1696 it.
5 For all3605 people5971 will walk3212 every376 one376 in the name8034 of his god,430 and we will walk3212 in the name8034 of the LORD3068 our God430 for ever5769 and ever.5703
6 In that day,3117 said5002 the LORD,3068 will I assemble622 her that halts,6761 and I will gather6908 her that is driven5080 out, and her that I have afflicted;7489
7 And I will make7760 her that halted6761 a remnant,7611 and her that was cast1972 far off a strong6099 nation:1471 and the LORD3068 shall reign4427 over5921 them in mount2022 Zion6726 from now on,6258 even for ever.5769
8 And you, O tower4026 of the flock,5739 the strong6076 hold6076 of the daughter1323 of Zion,6726 to you shall it come,857 even the first7223 dominion;4475 the kingdom4467 shall come935 to the daughter1323 of Jerusalem.3389
9 Now6258 why4100 do you cry7321 out aloud?7452 is there no369 king4428 in you? is your counselor3289 perished?6 for pangs2427 have taken2388 you as a woman in travail.3205
10 Be in pain,2342 and labor1518 to bring1518 forth,1518 O daughter1323 of Zion,6726 like a woman in travail:3205 for now6258 shall you go3318 forth3318 out of the city,7151 and you shall dwell7931 in the field,7704 and you shall go935 even to Babylon;894 there shall you be delivered;5337 there8033 the LORD3068 shall redeem1350 you from the hand3709 of your enemies.341
11 Now6258 also many7227 nations1471 are gathered622 against5921 you, that say,559 Let her be defiled,2610 and let our eye5869 look2372 on Zion.6726
12 But they know3045 not the thoughts4284 of the LORD,3068 neither3808 understand995 they his counsel:6098 for he shall gather6908 them as the sheaves5995 into the floor.1637
13 Arise6965 and thresh,1758 O daughter1323 of Zion:6726 for I will make7760 your horn7161 iron,1270 and I will make7760 your hoofs6541 brass:5154 and you shall beat1854 in pieces many7227 people:5971 and I will consecrate2763 their gain1214 to the LORD,3068 and their substance2428 to the Lord113 of the whole3605 earth.776
1 Now6258 gather1413 yourself in troops,1413 O daughter1323 of troops:1416 he has laid7760 siege4692 against5921 us: they shall smite5221 the judge8199 of Israel3478 with a rod7626 on the cheek.3895
2 But you, Bethlehem1035 Ephratah,672 though you be little6810 among the thousands505 of Judah,3063 yet out of you shall he come3318 forth3318 to me that is to be ruler4910 in Israel;3478 whose goings4163 forth4163 have been from of old,6924 from everlasting.5769
3 Therefore3651 will he give5414 them up, until5704 the time6256 that she which travails3205 has brought3205 forth:3205 then the remnant3499 of his brothers251 shall return7725 to the children1121 of Israel.3478
4 And he shall stand5975 and feed7462 in the strength5797 of the LORD,3068 in the majesty1347 of the name8034 of the LORD3068 his God;430 and they shall abide:3427 for now6258 shall he be great1431 to the ends657 of the earth.776
5 And this2088 man shall be the peace,7965 when3588 the Assyrian804 shall come935 into our land:776 and when3588 he shall tread1869 in our palaces,759 then shall we raise6965 against5921 him seven7651 shepherds,7462 and eight8083 principal5257 men.120
6 And they shall waste7489 the land776 of Assyria804 with the sword,2719 and the land776 of Nimrod5248 in the entrances6607 thereof: thus shall he deliver5337 us from the Assyrian,804 when3588 he comes935 into our land,776 and when3588 he treads1869 within our borders.1366
7 And the remnant7611 of Jacob3290 shall be in the middle7130 of many7227 people5971 as a dew2919 from the LORD,3068 as the showers7241 on the grass,6212 that tarries6960 not for man,376 nor3808 waits3176 for the sons1121 of men.120
8 And the remnant7611 of Jacob3290 shall be among the Gentiles1471 in the middle7130 of many7227 people5971 as a lion738 among the beasts929 of the forest,3293 as a young3715 lion3715 among the flocks5739 of sheep:6629 who,834 if518 he go5674 through,5674 both treads7429 down, and tears2963 in pieces, and none369 can deliver.5337
9 Your hand3027 shall be lifted7311 up on your adversaries,6862 and all your enemies341 shall be cut3772 off.
10 And it shall come1961 to pass in that day,3117 said5002 the LORD,3068 that I will cut3772 off your horses5483 out of the middle7130 of you, and I will destroy6 your chariots:4818
11 And I will cut3772 off the cities5892 of your land,776 and throw2040 down2040 all3605 your strong4013 holds:4013
12 And I will cut3772 off witchcrafts3785 out of your hand;3027 and you shall have1961 no3808 more soothsayers:6049
13 Your graven6456 images4676 also will I cut3772 off, and your standing4676 images out of the middle7130 of you; and you shall no3808 more5750 worship7812 the work4639 of your hands.3027
14 And I will pluck5428 up your groves842 out of the middle7130 of you: so will I destroy8045 your cities.5892
15 And I will execute6213 vengeance5359 in anger639 and fury2534 on the heathen,1471 such as they have not heard.8085
1 Hear8085 you now4994 what834 the LORD3068 said;559 Arise,6965 contend7378 you before854 the mountains,2022 and let the hills1389 hear8085 your voice.6963
2 Hear8085 you, O mountains,2022 the LORD's3068 controversy,7379 and you strong386 foundations4146 of the earth:776 for the LORD3068 has a controversy7379 with his people,5971 and he will plead3198 with Israel.3478
3 O my people,5971 what4100 have I done6213 to you? and wherein4100 have I wearied3811 you? testify6030 against me.
4 For I brought5927 you up out of the land776 of Egypt,4714 and redeemed6299 you out of the house1004 of servants;5650 and I sent7971 before6440 you Moses,4872 Aaron,175 and Miriam.4813
5 O my people,5971 remember2142 now4994 what4100 Balak1111 king4428 of Moab4124 consulted,3289 and what4100 Balaam1109 the son1121 of Beor1160 answered6030 him from Shittim7851 to Gilgal;1537 that you may know3045 the righteousness6666 of the LORD.3068
6 With which4100 shall I come6923 before6924 the LORD,3068 and bow3721 myself before the high4791 God?430 shall I come6923 before6924 him with burnt5930 offerings, with calves5695 of a year8141 old?1121
7 Will the LORD3068 be pleased7521 with thousands505 of rams,352 or with ten7233 thousands7233 of rivers5158 of oil?8081 shall I give5414 my firstborn1060 for my transgression,6588 the fruit6529 of my body990 for the sin2403 of my soul?5315
8 He has showed5046 you, O man,120 what4100 is good;2896 and what4100 does the LORD3068 require1875 of you, but to do6213 justly,4941 and to love160 mercy,2617 and to walk3212 humbly6800 with your God?430
9 The LORD's3068 voice6963 cries7121 to the city,5892 and the man of wisdom8454 shall see7200 your name:8034 hear8085 you the rod,4294 and who4310 has appointed3259 it.
10 Are there yet5750 the treasures214 of wickedness7562 in the house1004 of the wicked,7563 and the scant7332 measure374 that is abominable?2194
11 Shall I count them pure2135 with the wicked7562 balances,3976 and with the bag3599 of deceitful4820 weights?68
12 For the rich6223 men thereof are full4390 of violence,2555 and the inhabitants3427 thereof have spoken1696 lies,8267 and their tongue3956 is deceitful7423 in their mouth.6310
13 Therefore also1571 will I make you sick2470 in smiting5221 you, in making you desolate8074 because5921 of your sins.2403
14 You shall eat,398 but not be satisfied;7646 and your casting3445 down shall be in the middle7130 of you; and you shall take5253 hold,5253 but shall not deliver;6403 and that which834 you deliver6403 will I give5414 up to the sword.2719
15 You shall sow,2232 but you shall not reap;7114 you shall tread1869 the olives,2132 but you shall not anoint5480 you with oil;8081 and sweet8492 wine,8492 but shall not drink8354 wine.3196
16 For the statutes2708 of Omri6018 are kept,8104 and all3605 the works4639 of the house1004 of Ahab,256 and you walk3212 in their counsels;4156 that I should make5414 you a desolation,8047 and the inhabitants3427 thereof an hissing:8322 therefore you shall bear5375 the reproach2781 of my people.5971
1 Woe480 is me! for I am as when they have gathered622 the summer7019 fruits, as the grape gleanings5955 of the vintage:1210 there is no369 cluster811 to eat:398 my soul5315 desired183 the first ripe1063 fruit.
2 The good2623 man is perished6 out of the earth:776 and there is none369 upright3477 among men:120 they all3605 lie in wait693 for blood;1818 they hunt6679 every man376 his brother251 with a net.2764
3 That they may do evil7451 with both hands3709 earnestly,3190 the prince8269 asks,7592 and the judge8199 asks7592 for a reward;7966 and the great1419 man, he utters1696 his mischievous1942 desire:5315 so they wrap5686 it up.
4 The best2896 of them is as a brier:2312 the most upright3477 is sharper than a thorn4534 hedge:4534 the day3117 of your watchmen6822 and your visitation6486 comes;935 now6258 shall be their perplexity.3998
5 Trust539 you not in a friend,7453 put you not confidence982 in a guide:441 keep8104 the doors6607 of your mouth6310 from her that lies7901 in your bosom.2436
6 For the son1121 dishonors5034 the father,2 the daughter1323 rises6965 up against her mother,517 the daughter3618 in law3618 against her mother2545 in law;2545 a man's376 enemies341 are the men582 of his own house.1004
7 Therefore I will look6822 to the LORD;3068 I will wait3176 for the God430 of my salvation:3468 my God430 will hear8085 me.
8 Rejoice8056 not against me, O my enemy:341 when3588 I fall,5307 I shall arise;6965 when I sit3427 in darkness,2822 the LORD3068 shall be a light216 to me.
9 I will bear5375 the indignation2197 of the LORD,3068 because3588 I have sinned2398 against him, until5704 he plead7378 my cause,7379 and execute6213 judgment4941 for me: he will bring3318 me forth3318 to the light,216 and I shall behold7200 his righteousness.6666
10 Then she that is my enemy341 shall see7200 it, and shame955 shall cover3680 her which said559 to me, Where346 is the LORD3068 your God?430 my eyes5869 shall behold7200 her: now6258 shall she be trodden4823 down as the mire2916 of the streets.2351
11 In the day3117 that your walls1447 are to be built,1129 in that day3117 shall the decree2706 be far7368 removed.
12 In that day3117 also he shall come935 even to you from Assyria,804 and from the fortified4692 cities,5892 and from the fortress4693 even to the river,5104 and from sea3220 to sea,3220 and from mountain2022 to mountain.2022
13 Notwithstanding the land776 shall be desolate8077 because5921 of them that dwell3427 therein, for the fruit6529 of their doings.4611
14 Feed7462 your people5971 with your rod,7626 the flock6629 of your heritage,5159 which dwell7931 solitarily910 in the wood,3293 in the middle8432 of Carmel:3760 let them feed7462 in Bashan1316 and Gilead,1568 as in the days3117 of old.5769
15 According to the days3117 of your coming3318 out of the land776 of Egypt4714 will I show7200 to him marvelous6381 things.
16 The nations1471 shall see7200 and be confounded954 at all3605 their might:1369 they shall lay7760 their hand3027 on their mouth,6310 their ears241 shall be deaf.2790
17 They shall lick3897 the dust6083 like a serpent,5175 they shall move7264 out of their holes4526 like worms2119 of the earth:776 they shall be afraid6342 of the LORD3068 our God,430 and shall fear3372 because of you.
18 Who4310 is a God410 like3644 to you, that pardons5375 iniquity,5771 and passes5674 by the transgression6588 of the remnant7611 of his heritage?5159 he retains2388 not his anger639 for ever,5703 because3588 he delights2654 in mercy.2617
19 He will turn7725 again,7725 he will have compassion7355 on us; he will subdue3533 our iniquities;5771 and you will cast7993 all3605 their sins2403 into the depths4688 of the sea.3220
20 You will perform5414 the truth571 to Jacob,3290 and the mercy2617 to Abraham,85 which834 you have sworn7650 to our fathers1 from the days3117 of old.6924