| 1:1 |
The word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. |
| 1:4 |
The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. |
| 1:6 |
For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley, And will lay bare her foundations. |
| 1:7 |
All of her idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire, And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a harlots earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return. |
| 1:11 |
Go on your way, inhabitant of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of Zaanan does not escape. The lamentation of BethezelBeth ezel: He will take from you its support. |
| 1:13 |
Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of Lachish— She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion— Because in you were found The rebellious acts of Israel. |
| 1:14 |
Therefore, you will give parting gifts On behalf of Moresheth gath; The houses of Achzib will become a deception To the kings of Israel. |
| 2:3 |
Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time. |
| 2:5 |
Therefore, you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord. |
| 2:8 |
Recently My people have arisen as an enemy— You strip the robe off the garment, From unsuspecting passers by, From those returned from war. |
| 2:13 |
The breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate, and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the Lord at their head. |
| 3:3 |
AndWho who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them up as for the pot And as meat in a kettle. |
| 3:4 |
Then they will cry out to the Lord, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time, Because they have practiced evil deeds. |
| 3:5 |
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets Whowho lead my people astray; When they have something to bite with their teeth, They cry, Peace, But against him who puts nothing in their mouths, They declare holy war. |
| 3:6 |
Therefore it will be night for you —without vision, And darkness for you —without divination. The sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will become dark over them. |
| 3:8 |
On the other hand I am filled with power— With the Spirit of the Lord— And with justice and courage To make known to Jacob his rebellious act, Even to Israel his sin. |
| 3:11 |
Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests instruct for a price, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord saying, Is not the Lord in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us. |
| 3:12 |
Therefore, on account of you, Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest. |
| 4:2 |
AndMany many nations will come and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths. For from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. |
| 4:4 |
AndEach each of them will sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With no one to make them afraid, For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. |
| 4:6 |
In that day, declares the Lord, I will assemble the lame, And gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted. |
| 4:7 |
I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcasts a strong nation, And the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever. |
| 4:8 |
AndAs as for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come— Even the former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. |
| 4:10 |
Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth,; For now you will go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And go to Babylon. There you will be rescued; There the Lord will redeem you From the hand of your enemies. |
| 5:3 |
Therefore, He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. |
| 5:5 |
AndThis this One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. |
| 5:6 |
AndThey they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. |
| 5:8 |
AndThe the remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears, And there is none to rescue. |
| 5:10 |
AndIt it will be in that day, declares the Lord, That I will cut off your horses from among you And destroy your chariots. |
| 5:12 |
I will cut off sorceries from your hand, And you will have fortunetellersfortune tellers no more. |
| 6:4 |
Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt And ransomed you from the house of slavery, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| 6:5 |
My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled And what Balaam son of Beor answered him, And from Shittim to Gilgal, InSo order that you might know the righteous acts of the Lord. |
| 6:9 |
The voice of the Lord will call to the city— And it is sound wisdom to fear ThyYour name: Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time? |
| 6:10 |
Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness, And a short measure that is cursed? |
| 6:16 |
The statutes of Omri And all the works of the house of Ahab are observed; And in their devices you walk. Therefore, I will give you up for destruction And your inhabitants for derision, And you will bear the reproach of My people. |
| 7:1 |
Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, andlike the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a first ripe fig which I crave. |
| 7:4 |
The best of them is like a briar, The most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post ayour watchmanwatchmen, Your punishment will come. Then their confusion will occur. |
| 7:10 |
Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down, Like mire of the streets. |
| 7:14 |
Shepherd ThyYour people with ThyYour scepter, The flock of ThyYour possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old. |
| 7:17 |
They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the Lord our God they will come in dread, And they will be afraid before TheeYou. |
| 7:18 |
Who is a God like TheeYou, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. |
| 7:19 |
He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, ThouYou wiltwill cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea. |
| 7:20 |
ThouYou wiltwill give truth to Jacob AndunchangingAnd unchanging love to Abraham, Which ThouYou didstswore swear to our forefathers From the days of old. |