1
The
word
of
the
LORD
that
came
to
Micah
the
Morasthite
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz,
[and]
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
2
Hear,
all
ye
people;
hearken,
O
earth,
and
all
that
therein
is:
and
let
the
Lord
GOD
be
witness
against
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
3
For,
behold,
the
LORD
cometh
forth
out
of
his
place,
and
will
come
down,
and
tread
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
4
And
the
mountains
shall
be
molten
under
him,
and
the
valleys
shall
be
cleft,
as
wax
before
the
fire,
[and]
as
the
waters
[that
are]
poured
down
a
steep
place.
5
For
the
transgression
of
Jacob
[is]
all
this,
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel.
What
[is]
the
transgression
of
Jacob?
[is
it]
not
Samaria?
and
what
[are]
the
high
places
of
Judah?
[are
they]
not
Jerusalem?
6
Therefore
I
will
make
Samaria
as
an
heap
of
the
field,
[and]
as
plantings
of
a
vineyard:
and
I
will
pour
down
the
stones
thereof
into
the
valley,
and
I
will
discover
the
foundations
thereof.
7
And
all
the
graven
images
thereof
shall
be
beaten
to
pieces,
and
all
the
hires
thereof
shall
be
burned
with
the
fire,
and
all
the
idols
thereof
will
I
lay
desolate:
for
she
gathered
[it]
of
the
hire
of
an
harlot,
and
they
shall
return
to
the
hire
of
an
harlot.
8
Therefore
I
will
wail
and
howl,
I
will
go
stripped
and
naked:
I
will
make
a
wailing
like
the
dragons,
and
mourning
as
the
owls.
9
For
her
wound
[is]
incurable;
for
it
is
come
unto
Judah;
he
is
come
unto
the
gate
of
my
people,
[even]
to
Jerusalem.
10
Declare
ye
[it]
not
at
Gath,
weep
ye
not
at
all:
in
the
house
of
Aphrah
roll
thyself
in
the
dust.
11
Pass
ye
away,
thou
inhabitant
of
Saphir,
having
thy
shame
naked:
the
inhabitant
of
Zaanan
came
not
forth
in
the
mourning
of
Bethezel;
he
shall
receive
of
you
his
standing.
12
For
the
inhabitant
of
Maroth
waited
carefully
for
good:
but
evil
came
down
from
the
LORD
unto
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
13
O
thou
inhabitant
of
Lachish,
bind
the
chariot
to
the
swift
beast:
she
[is]
the
beginning
of
the
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion:
for
the
transgressions
of
Israel
were
found
in
thee.
14
Therefore
shalt
thou
give
presents
to
Moreshethgath:
the
houses
of
Achzib
[shall
be]
a
lie
to
the
kings
of
Israel.
15
Yet
will
I
bring
an
heir
unto
thee,
O
inhabitant
of
Mareshah:
he
shall
come
unto
Adullam
the
glory
of
Israel.
16
Make
thee
bald,
and
poll
thee
for
thy
delicate
children;
enlarge
thy
baldness
as
the
eagle;
for
they
are
gone
into
captivity
from
thee.