| 1:1 |
The word of Jehovahthe thatLord which came to Micah theof MorashtiteMoresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. |
| 1:2 |
Hear, yeO peoples, all of you; hearkenListen, O earth, and all thatit thereincontains, is:And and let the Lord JehovahGod be a witness against you, theThe Lord from hisHis holy temple. |
| 1:3 |
For, behold, Jehovahthe comethLord is coming forth outfrom ofHis his place,. andHe will come down, and tread uponon the high places of the earth. |
| 1:4 |
AndThe the mountains shallwill bemelt melted under himHim, andAnd the valleys shallwill be cleftsplit, asLike wax before the fire, asLike waterswater that are poured down a steep place. |
| 1:5 |
ForAll this is for the transgressionrebellion of Jacob isAnd all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgressionrebellion of Jacob? isIs it not Samaria? andWhat whatis are the high placesplace of Judah? areIs theyit not Jerusalem? |
| 1:6 |
ThereforeFor I will make Samaria as a heap of ruins in the fieldopen country, andPlanting as places for plantinga vineyards;vineyard. and I will pour downher the stones thereofdown into the valley, andAnd I will uncoverlay thebare her foundations thereof. |
| 1:7 |
AndAll allof her gravenidols imageswill shall be beaten to piecessmashed, andAll allof her hiresearnings shallwill be burned with fire, andAnd all of her idolsimages I will Imake lay desolate;, forFor ofshe thecollected hirethem offrom a harlotharlots hath she gathered themearnings, andAnd untoto the hireearnings of a harlot shall they will return. |
| 1:8 |
ForBecause of this will I must lament and wail;, I willmust go strippedbarefoot and naked; I willmust make a wailinglament like the jackals, andAnd a lamentationmourning like the ostriches. |
| 1:9 |
For her woundswound areis incurable;, forFor it ishas come evento unto Judah; itIt reachethhas untoreached the gate of my people, evenEven to Jerusalem. |
| 1:10 |
Tell it not in Gath, weepWeep not at all:. atAt Beth le aphrah haveroll Iyourself rolled myself in the dust. |
| 1:11 |
PassGo awayon your way, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness. andThe shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan isdoes not comeescape. forth;The thelamentation wailing of BethBethezel: ezelHe shallwill take from you theits stay thereofsupport. |
| 1:12 |
For the inhabitant of Maroth waitethBecomes anxiouslyweak waiting for good, becauseBecause evila iscalamity has come down from Jehovahthe untoLord To the gate of Jerusalem. |
| 1:13 |
BindHarness the chariot to the swiftteam steedof horses, O inhabitant of Lachish: sheShe was the beginning of sin toTo the daughter of Zion; forBecause thein transgressionsyou of Israel were found inThe theerebellious acts of Israel. |
| 1:14 |
Therefore, shaltyou thouwill give a parting giftgifts toOn behalf of Moresheth gath:; theThe houses of Achzib shallwill bebecome a deceitfuldeception thingTo unto the kings of Israel. |
| 1:15 |
Moreover, I will yet bring untoon theeyou The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of Mareshah,. himThe that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shallwill comeenter even unto Adullam. |
| 1:16 |
Make theeyourself bald, and cut off thyyour hair, forBecause of the children of thyyour delight:; enlargeExtend thyyour baldness aslike the eagle;, forFor they arewill gonego intofrom captivityyou frominto theeexile. |
| 2:1 |
Woe to themthose thatwho devisescheme iniquity, andWho work out evil uponon their beds! whenWhen the morning is lightcomes, they practisedo it, becauseFor it is in the power of their handhands. |
| 2:2 |
AndThey they covet fields, and then seize them;, andAnd houses, and take them away:. andThey theyrob oppress a man and his house, evenA a man and his heritageinheritance. |
| 2:3 |
Therefore, thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, Behold, I am planning against this family doa Icalamity deviseFrom an evil, from which yeyou shallcannot not remove your necks,; neitherAnd shallyou yewill not walk haughtily;, forFor it iswill be an evil time. |
| 2:4 |
InOn that day shall they will take up a parable against you, anda lamenttaunt withAnd utter a dolefulbitter lamentation, and say, We are utterlycompletely ruined:destroyed! heHe changethexchanges the portion of my people:; howHow dothHe heremoves remove it from me! toTo the rebelliousapostate heHe dividethapportions our fields. |
| 2:5 |
Therefore, thouyou shaltwill have noneno thatone shallstretching casta themeasuring line For you by lot in the assembly of Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 2:6 |
ProphesyDo yenot notspeak out, thusso they prophesyspeak out. TheyBut shallif they do not prophesyspeak toout concerning these: reproachesthings, shallReproaches will not departbe turned back. |
| 2:7 |
ShallIs it bebeing said, O house of Jacob,: Is the Spirit of Jehovahthe straitenedLord impatient? areAre these hisHis doings? Do not myMy words do good toTo himthe thatone walkethwalking uprightly? |
| 2:8 |
ButRecently ofMy late my people ishave risenarisen up as an enemy: yeYou strip the robe from off the garment, fromFrom themunsuspecting thatpassers pass by, securelyFrom asthose menreturned averse from war. |
| 2:9 |
The women of myMy people yeyou castevict, outEach one from theirher pleasant houses;house. fromFrom theirher young children yeyou take awayMy mysplendor glory for everforever. |
| 2:10 |
Arise ye, and depart;go, forFor this is notno yourplace restingof place;rest becauseBecause of the uncleanness that destroyeth,brings evenon withdestruction, aA grievouspainful destruction. |
| 2:11 |
If a man walking inafter awind spiritand of falsehood doHad lie,told sayinglies and said, I will prophesyspeak untoout theeto ofyou concerning wine and ofliquor, strongHe drink;would he shall even be thespokesman prophetto of this people. |
| 2:12 |
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee;you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;. I will put them together aslike the sheep ofin Bozrah,the asfold; Like a flock in the midst of theirits pasture; theyThey shallwill makebe greatnoisy noisewith by reason of the multitude of men. |
| 2:13 |
The breaker isgoes gone up before them:; theyThey havebreak brokenout, forthpass andthrough passed on to the gate, and arego gone out thereat;by andit. So their king isgoes passed on before them, andAnd Jehovahthe Lord at thetheir head of them. |
| 3:1 |
And I said, Hear, I pray younow, ye heads of Jacob, andAnd rulers of the house of Israel:. isIs it not for you to know justice? |
| 3:2 |
yeYou who hate the good, and love the evil;, whoWho plucktear off their skin from off them, andAnd their flesh from off their bones;, |
| 3:3 |
And who also eat the flesh of my people, andStrip flayoff their skin from off them, andBreak break their bones, andAnd chop them inup pieces, as for the pot, andAnd as fleshmeat withinin thea caldronkettle. |
| 3:4 |
Then shall they will cry untoout Jehovahto the Lord, butBut heHe will not answer them;. yeaInstead, heHe will hide hisHis face from them at that time, accordingBecause as they have wroughtpracticed evil in their doingsdeeds. |
| 3:5 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord concerning the prophets thatWho makelead my people to errastray; thatWhen they have something to bite with their teeth, andThey cry, Peace;, andBut whosoagainst puttethhim notwho intoputs nothing in their mouths, theyThey evendeclare prepareholy war against him:. |
| 3:6 |
Therefore it shallwill be night untofor you, thatwithout ye shall have no vision;, andAnd itdarkness shallfor be dark unto you, thatwithout yedivination. shallThe not divine; and the sun shallwill go down uponon the prophets, andAnd the day shallwill bebecome blackdark over them. |
| 3:7 |
AndThe the seers shallwill be putashamed toAnd shame, and the diviners confounded;will yeabe embarrassed. Indeed, they shallwill all cover their lips;mouths forBecause there is no answer offrom God. |
| 3:8 |
ButOn asthe forother me,hand I am fullfilled ofwith power byWith the Spirit of Jehovah,the andLord ofAnd judgment,with justice and ofcourage might,To tomake declareknown untoto Jacob his transgressionrebellious act, andEven to Israel his sin. |
| 3:9 |
HearNow hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, andAnd rulers of the house of Israel, thatWho abhor justice, andAnd perverttwist alleverything equity.that is straight, |
| 3:10 |
TheyWho build up Zion with blood,bloodshed andAnd Jerusalem with iniquityviolent injustice. |
| 3:11 |
TheHer headsleaders thereofpronounce judgejudgment for rewarda bribe, andHer the priests thereofinstruct teach for hirea price, andAnd theher prophets thereof divine for money:. yetYet they lean uponon Jehovah,the andLord saysaying, Is not Jehovahthe Lord in theour midst of us? noCalamity evilwill shallnot come upon us. |
| 3:12 |
Therefore, shallon Zionaccount forof youryou, sakeZion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shallwill become heapsa heap of ruins, andAnd the mountain of the housetemple aswill thebecome high places of a forest. |
| 4:1 |
ButAnd init thewill lattercome daysabout itin shallthe comelast todays pass,That that the mountain of Jehovahsthe house shallof the Lord Will be established onas the topchief of the mountains,. andIt itwill shall be exaltedraised above the hills;, andAnd the peoples shallwill flowstream untoto it. |
| 4:2 |
And many nations shallwill gocome and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah,the andLord And to the house of the God of Jacob;, andThat heHe willmay teach us ofabout hisHis ways, andAnd that we willmay walk in hisHis paths. For outfrom of Zion shallwill go forth the law, andEven the word of Jehovahthe Lord from Jerusalem;. |
| 4:3 |
andAnd heHe will judge between many peoples, andAnd willrender decidedecisions concerningfor strongmighty, distant nations. afarThen off: and they shallwill beathammer their swords into plowshares, andAnd their spears into pruning hooks; nationNation shallwill not lift up sword against nation, neitherAnd shallnever again will they learntrain for war any more. |
| 4:4 |
ButAnd theyeach shallof sitthem everywill mansit under his vine andAnd under his fig tree;, andWith noneno shallone to make them afraid:, forFor the mouth of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas spoken it. |
| 4:5 |
ForThough all the peoples walk everyEach one in the name of his god;, andAs for us, we will walk inIn the name of Jehovahthe Lord our God forforever ever and ever. |
| 4:6 |
In that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, I will I assemble thatthe which is lame, andAnd I will gather thatthe which is driven awayoutcasts, andEven thatthose whichwhom I have afflicted;. |
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and I will make thatthe which was lame a remnant, andAnd thatthe whichoutcasts was cast far off a strong nation:, andAnd Jehovahthe Lord will reign over them in mountMount Zion fromFrom henceforthnow evenon forand everforever. |
| 4:8 |
And thouas for you, O tower of the flock, theHill hill of the daughter of Zion, untoTo theeyou shall it will come, yea,Even the former dominion shallwill come, theThe kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. |
| 4:9 |
Now, why dostdo thouyou cry out aloudloudly? Is there no king inamong theeyou, isOr thyhas counselloryour counselor perished, thatThat pangsagony havehas takengripped holdyou oflike thee as of a woman in travailchildbirth? |
| 4:10 |
BeWrithe in pain, and labor to bringgive forthbirth, ODaughter daughter of Zion, likeLike a woman in travail;childbirth, forFor now shaltyou thouwill go forth out of the city, andDwell shalt dwell in the field, andAnd shaltgo cometo even unto Babylon:. thereThere shaltyou thouwill be rescued; thereThere the Lord will Jehovah redeem theeyou fromFrom the hand of thineyour enemies. |
| 4:11 |
And now many nations arehave been assembled against thee,you thatWho say, Let her be defiledpolluted, andAnd let our eyeeyes seegloat ourover desire upon Zion. |
| 4:12 |
But they knowdo not know the thoughts of Jehovahthe Lord, neitherAnd they do not understand theyHis his counselpurpose; forFor heHe hathhas gathered them aslike the sheaves to the threshing floor. |
| 4:13 |
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion;, forFor your horn I will make thyiron hornAnd iron,your andhoofs I will make thybronze, hoofsThat brass;you andmay thoupulverize shaltmany beatpeoples, inThat piecesyou manymay peoples:devote andto Ithe willLord devote their unjust gain untoAnd Jehovah, and their substancewealth untoto the Lord of all the whole earth. |
| 5:1 |
Now shaltmuster thouyourselves gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops:; heThey hathhave laid siege against us; With a rod they shallwill smite the judge of Israel withon a rod upon the cheek. |
| 5:2 |
But thouas for you, BethBethlehem lehem Ephrathah, whichToo art little to be among the thousandsclans of Judah, outFrom ofyou theeOne shallwill onego come forth untofor meMe that is to be ruler in Israel;. whoseHis goings forth are from oflong oldago, fromFrom everlastingthe days of eternity. |
| 5:3 |
Therefore, He will he give them up, until the time thatWhen she who travailethis hathin broughtlabor forth:has thenborne a child. Then the residueremainder of hisHis brethren shallWill return untoto the childrensons of Israel. |
| 5:4 |
And heHe shallwill stand,arise and shallshepherd feedHis his flock inIn the strength of Jehovahthe Lord, inIn the majesty of the name of Jehovahthe hisLord His God:. andAnd they shallwill abide;remain, forBecause nowat shallthat hetime He will be great untoTo the ends of the earth. |
| 5:5 |
And this manOne shallwill be our peace. When the Assyrian shallinvades come into our land, andWhen when he shalltramples treadon in our palacescitadels, thenThen shall we will raise against him sevenSeven shepherds, and eight principalleaders of men. |
| 5:6 |
And they shallwill wasteshepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, andThe the land of Nimrod inat theits entrances; thereof:And andHe hewill shall deliver us from the Assyrian, whenWhen he comethattacks into our land, andAnd when he treadethtramples within our borderterritory. |
| 5:7 |
AndThen the remnant of Jacob shallWill be inamong the midst of many peoples asLike dew from Jehovahthe Lord, asLike showers uponon thevegetation grass,Which thatdo tarry not wait for man, norOr waitdelay for the sons of men. |
| 5:8 |
And the remnant of Jacob shallWill be among the nations, inAmong the midst of many peoples, asLike a lion among the beasts of the forest, asLike a young lion among the flocks of sheep;, whoWhich, if he gopasses through, treadethTramples down and teareth in piecestears, andAnd there is none to deliverrescue. |
| 5:9 |
LetYour thy hand will be lifted up aboveagainst thineyour adversaries, andAnd let all thineyour enemies will be cut off. |
| 5:10 |
And it shallwill comebe to pass in that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, thatThat I will cut off thyyour horses outfrom ofamong theyou midstAnd of thee, and will destroy thyyour chariots:. |
| 5:11 |
and I will also cut off the cities of thyyour land, andAnd willtear throw down all thyyour strongholdsfortifications. |
| 5:12 |
And I will cut off witchcraftssorceries outfrom ofyour thy hand;, andAnd thouyou shaltwill have fortunetellers no more soothsayers:. |
| 5:13 |
and I will cut off thyyour gravencarved images andAnd thyyour sacred pillars outfrom ofamong theyou, midstSo ofthat thee;you andwill thouno shaltlonger nobow moredown worshipTo the work of thyyour hands;. |
| 5:14 |
and I will pluckroot upout thineyour Asherim outfrom ofamong theyou midstAnd of thee; and I will destroy thyyour cities. |
| 5:15 |
And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath uponOn the nations which hearkenedhave not obeyed. |
| 6:1 |
Hear ye now what Jehovahthe saith:Lord is saying, Arise, contendplead thouyour case before the mountains, andAnd let the hills hear thyyour voice. |
| 6:2 |
HearListen, Oyou ye mountains, Jehovahsto controversythe indictment of the Lord, andAnd yeyou enduring foundations of the earth;, forBecause Jehovahthe hathLord has a controversycase withagainst hisHis people,; andEven hewith willIsrael contendHe withwill Israeldispute. |
| 6:3 |
OMy my people, what have I done untoto thee?you, andAnd whereinhow have I wearied theeyou? testifyAnswer against meMe. |
| 6:4 |
ForIndeed, I brought theeyou up outfrom of the land of Egypt, andAnd redeemedransomed theeyou outfrom of the house of bondage;slavery, andAnd I sent before theeyou Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| 6:5 |
OMy my people, remember now whatWhat Balak king of Moab devised,counseled andAnd what Balaam the son of Beor answered him;, rememberAnd from Shittim untoto Gilgal, In order that yeyou maymight know the righteous acts of Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 6:6 |
WherewithWith what shall I come beforeto Jehovah,the andLord And bow myself before the God on high God? shallShall I come beforeto himHim with burnt offerings, withWith yearling calves a year old? |
| 6:7 |
willDoes Jehovahthe beLord pleasedtake withdelight in thousands of rams, orIn with ten thousandsthousand of rivers of oil? shallShall I givepresent my firstfirstborn born for my transgressionrebellious acts, theThe fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
| 6:8 |
He hathhas showedtold theeyou, O man, what is good; andAnd what dothdoes Jehovahthe Lord require of thee,you butBut to do justlyjustice, and to love kindness, andAnd to walk humbly with thyyour God? |
| 6:9 |
The voice of Jehovahthe criethLord untowill call to the city, andAnd theit manis ofsound wisdom willto seefear thyThy name: hearHear, yeO thetribe. rod,Who andhas whoappointed hathits appointed it.time? |
| 6:10 |
AreIs there yet treasuresa ofman wickedness in the wicked house, Along with treasures of the wickedwickedness, andAnd a scantshort measure that is abominablecursed? |
| 6:11 |
ShallCan I bejustify pure with wicked balances,scales andAnd with a bag of deceitfuldeceptive weights? |
| 6:12 |
For the rich men thereofof the city are full of violence, andHer theresidents inhabitantsspeak thereof have spoken lies, andAnd their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. |
| 6:13 |
ThereforeSo I also haveI smittenwill theemake withyou asick, grievousstriking wound;you Idown, haveDesolating madeyou thee desolate because of thyyour sins. |
| 6:14 |
ThouYou shaltwill eat, but you will not be satisfied;, andAnd thyyour humiliationvileness shallwill be in theyour midst. ofYou thee:will andtry thouto shaltremove putfor awaysafekeeping, butBut shaltyou will not save;preserve andanything, thatAnd whichwhat thouyou savestdo willpreserve I will give up to the sword. |
| 6:15 |
ThouYou shaltwill sow, but shaltyou will not reap;. thouYou shaltwill tread the olives,olive but shaltwill not anoint theeyourself with oil; andAnd the vintagegrapes, but shaltyou will not drink the wine. |
| 6:16 |
ForThe the statutes of Omri areAnd kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, andare yeobserved; walkAnd in their counsels;devices thatyou walk. Therefore, I maywill makegive theeyou aup desolation,for anddestruction theAnd your inhabitants thereoffor aderision, hissing:And andyou yewill shall bear the reproach of myMy people. |
| 7:1 |
Woe is me! forFor I am asLike when they have gathered the summerfruit fruits,pickers asand the grape gleaningsgatherers. ofThere theis vintage:not therea iscluster noof clustergrapes to eat;, myOr soula desireth the first ripe fig which I crave. |
| 7:2 |
The godly manperson ishas perished outfrom of the earthland, andAnd there is noneno upright person among men:. theyAll allof them lie in wait for bloodbloodshed; theyEach huntof everythem manhunts histhe brotherother with a net. |
| 7:3 |
TheirConcerning handsevil, areboth uponhands that which is evil to do it diligently;well. theThe prince askethasks, andalso the judge, is ready for a reward;bribe, andAnd thea great man, hespeaks uttereth the evil desire of his soul:; thusSo they weave it together. |
| 7:4 |
The best of them is aslike a brier;briar, theThe most upright islike worse than a thorn hedge:. theThe day ofwhen thyyou watchmen,post evena thy visitationwatchman, isYour come;punishment nowwill shallcome. beThen their perplexityconfusion will occur. |
| 7:5 |
TrustDo ye not trust in a neighbor; putDo ye not have confidence in a friend;. keepFrom theher doorswho oflies thyin mouthyour frombosom herGuard thatyour lieth in thy bosomlips. |
| 7:6 |
For the son dishonorethtreats thefather fathercontemptuously, theDaughter daughterrises riseth up against her mother, theDaughter daughter in law against her mother in law; aA mans enemies are the men of his own househousehold. |
| 7:7 |
But as for me, I will lookwatch untoexpectantly Jehovahfor the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation:. myMy God will hear me. |
| 7:8 |
RejoiceDo not againstrejoice over me, O minemy enemy:. whenThough I fall, I shallwill ariserise; whenThough I sitdwell in darkness, Jehovahthe willLord beis a light untofor me. |
| 7:9 |
I will bear the indignation of Jehovah,the becauseLord Because I have sinned against himHim, untilUntil heHe pleadpleads my cause,case and executeexecutes judgmentjustice for me:. heHe will bring me forthout to the light, andAnd I shallwill beholdsee hisHis righteousness. |
| 7:10 |
Then minemy enemy shallwill see it, andAnd shame shallwill cover her who said untoto me, Where is Jehovahthe thyLord your God? MineMy eyes shallwill seelook myon desire upon her; nowAt shallthat time she will be troddentrampled down, asLike the mire of the streets. |
| 7:11 |
AIt will be a day for building thyyour walls!. inOn that day shallwill theyour decreeboundary be far removedextended. |
| 7:12 |
InIt thatwill be a day shallwhen they will come untoto theeyou fromFrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt, andFrom from Egypt even to the RiverEuphrates, andEven from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. |
| 7:13 |
YetAnd shall the landearth bewill become desolate because of themher thatinhabitants, dwellOn therein,account forof the fruit of their doingsdeeds. |
| 7:14 |
FeedShepherd thyThy people with thyThy rodscepter, theThe flock of thyThy heritage,possession whichWhich dwelldwells solitarily,by itself in the forestwoodland, inIn the midst of Carmel:a letfruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, asAs in the days of old. |
| 7:15 |
As in the days ofwhen thyyou comingcame forth out offrom the land of Egypt, I will I show untoyou them marvellous thingsmiracles. |
| 7:16 |
TheNations nationswill shall see and be ashamed ofOf all their might;. theyThey shallwill layput their hand uponon their mouth;, theirTheir ears shallwill be deaf. |
| 7:17 |
They shallwill lick the dust like a serpent;, likeLike crawlingreptiles things of the earth. theyThey shallwill come trembling out of their close placesfortresses; theyTo shallthe comeLord withour fearGod untothey Jehovahwill ourcome Godin dread, andAnd shallthey will be afraid becausebefore of theeThee. |
| 7:18 |
Who is a God like unto theeThee, thatwho pardonethpardons iniquity, andAnd passethpasses over the transgressionrebellious act of the remnant of hisHis heritagepossession? heHe retainethdoes not hisretain His anger for everforever, becauseBecause heHe delightethdelights in lovingkindnessunchanging love. |
| 7:19 |
He will again have compassion uponon us; heHe will tread our iniquities under foot;. andYes, thouThou wilt cast all their sins intoInto the depths of the sea. |
| 7:20 |
Thou wilt performgive the truth to Jacob, andAndunchanging thelove lovingkindness to Abraham, whichWhich thouThou hastdidst swornswear untoto our fathersforefathers fromFrom the days of old. |