{"book":"Micah","slug":"micah","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Micah","prev":"jonah/4","next":"micah/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:","f":[],"h":"Judgment to Come","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Hear, O peoples, all of you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"listen, O earth, and everyone in it!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"May the Lord GOD bear witness against you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the Lord from His holy temple."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For behold, the LORD comes forth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from His dwelling place;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He will come down and tread"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the high places of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The mountains will melt beneath Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the valleys will split apart,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"like wax before the fire,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like water rushing down a slope."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"All this [is] for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All this [is] for the transgression of Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the sins of the house of Israel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"What [is] the transgression of Jacob?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Is it not Samaria?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"And what is the high place of Judah?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Is it not Jerusalem?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore I will make Samaria"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a heap of rubble in the open field,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a planting area for a vineyard."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will pour her stones into the valley"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and expose her foundations."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All her carved images will be smashed to pieces;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all her wages will be burned in the fire,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will destroy all her idols."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will be used again on a prostitute."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.","f":["Or a serpent or a dragon","Literally like daughters of an ostrich or like daughters of an owl"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Because of this I will lament and wail;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will walk barefoot and naked."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will howl like a jackal"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and mourn like an ostrich."}],"h":"Weeping and Mourning","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For her wound is incurable;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it has reached even Judah;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"it has approached the gate of my people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as far as Jerusalem itself."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.","f":["Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.","Beth-leaphrah means house of dust."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.","f":["Shaphir means pleasant.","Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.","Beth-ezel means adjoining house."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Depart in shameful nakedness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O dwellers of Shaphir."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The dwellers of Zaanan"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will not come out."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Beth-ezel is in mourning;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"its support is taken from you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.","f":["Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but calamity came down from the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even to the gate of Jerusalem."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.","f":["Lachish sounds like the Hebrew term for team of horses."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Harness your chariot horses,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O dweller of Lachish."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the transgressions of Israel were found in you."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib [will] prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.","f":["Or give dowry","Moresheth sounds like the Hebrew for gift or dowry.","Achzib means deception."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the houses of Achzib [will] prove deceptive"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the kings of Israel."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.","f":["Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will again bring a conqueror against you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O dweller of Mareshah."},{"style":"indent2","t":"The glory of Israel will come to Adullam."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in mourning for your precious children;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"make yourselves as bald as an eagle,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they will go from you into exile."}],"style":"indent1"}]}