| 1:1 |
Yahwehs word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. |
The word of YHWH that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. |
| 1:2 |
Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. |
Listen, all yall peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let Lord YHWH be witness against yall, the Lord from ʜɪꜱ holy temple. |
| 1:3 |
For behold, Yahweh comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. |
Look! YHWH comes out of ʜɪꜱ place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. |
| 1:4 |
The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place. |
The mountains melt under ʜɪᴍ, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place. |
| 1:7 |
All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return. |
All her idols will be smashed to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute will they return. |
| 1:10 |
Dont tell it in Gath. Dont weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust. |
Yall are not to announce it in Gath. Yall must not weep at all. In Beth Ophrah roll in the dust. |
| 1:11 |
Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan wont come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection. |
Yall must pass by naked and ashamed, inhabitants of Shaphir! The inhabitants of Zaanan wont come out. Beth Ezel is mourning: its support is taken from yall. |
| 1:12 |
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. |
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem. |
| 2:3 |
Therefore Yahweh says: Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily, for it is an evil time. |
Therefore YHWH says: Look! I am planning evil for this family, from which yall cannot free your necks. Then yall will not walk proudly, for it is a time of evil. |
| 2:4 |
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, We are utterly ruined! My peoples possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors! |
In that day they will take up a parable against yall, and lament with a mournful lamentation, saying, We are destroyed destroyed! My peoples possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors! |
| 2:5 |
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahwehs assembly. |
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in YHWHs assembly. |
| 2:6 |
Dont prophesy!—they prophesy— Dont prophesy about these things. Disgrace wont overtake us. |
Yall must not prophesy!—they prophesy. Dont prophesy about these things. Disgrace wont overtake us. |
| 2:7 |
Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is Yahwehs Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Dont my words do good to him who walks blamelessly? |
Should it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of YHWH angry? Are these his doings? Dont my words do good to him who walks blamelessly? |
| 2:8 |
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle. |
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. Yall strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle. |
| 2:9 |
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever. |
Yall are forcing the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever. |
| 2:10 |
Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. |
Yall must get up and go! For this is not a resting place, because uncleanness destroys with a grievous destruction. |
| 2:11 |
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink, he would be the prophet of this people. |
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and beer, he would be the prophet of this people. |
| 2:12 |
I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people. |
I will assemble assemble all of you, Jacob. I will gather gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture. They will swarm with people. |
| 2:13 |
He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head. |
He who breaks open the way goes up before them. They break through the gate, and go out. Their king passes on before them, with YHWH at their head. |
| 3:1 |
I said, Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isnt it for you to know justice? |
I said, Yall must listen now, heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Shouldnt yall know justice? |
| 3:4 |
Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil. |
Then they will cry to YHWH, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil. |
| 3:5 |
Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, Peace! and whoever doesnt provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: |
YHWH says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—they proclaim, Peace! for those who feed their teeth, but they prepare war against whoever doesnt provide for their mouths. |
| 3:6 |
Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them. |
Therefore night will come for yall, without visions, and it will become dark for yall, without divination, and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them. |
| 3:7 |
The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God. |
The seers will be ashamed, and the diviners humiliated. Yes, they will all cover their mouths, for there is no answer from God. |
| 3:8 |
But as for me, I am full of power by Yahwehs Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin. |
But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of YHWH, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin. |
| 3:9 |
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity, |
Yall listen to this, heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and twist everything right, |
| 3:11 |
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, Isnt Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us. |
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on YHWH, and say, Isnt YHWH among us? No disaster will come on us. |
| 3:12 |
Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. |
Therefore because of yall, Zion will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. |
| 4:1 |
But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahwehs temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. |
But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of the temple of YHWH will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it. |
| 4:2 |
Many nations will go and say, Come! Lets go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For the law will go out of Zion, and Yahwehs word from Jerusalem; |
Many nations will go and say, Yall come! Lets go up to the mountain of YHWH, and to the house of the God of Jacob. Hᴇ will teach us ʜɪꜱ ways, and we may walk in ʜɪꜱ paths. For the law will proceed out from Zion, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem; |
| 4:3 |
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. |
and ʜᴇ will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. |
| 4:4 |
But every man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree. No one will make them afraid, for the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken. |
But every human will sit under his vine and under his fig tree. No one will make them afraid, for the mouth of YHWH Almighty has spoken. |
| 4:5 |
Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever. |
Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of YHWH our God forever and ever. |
| 4:6 |
In that day, says Yahweh, I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; |
In that day, says YHWH, I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; |
| 4:7 |
and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever. |
and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and YHWH will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever. |
| 4:10 |
Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies. |
Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There YHWH will redeem you from the hand of your enemies. |
| 4:12 |
But they dont know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor. |
But they dont know the thoughts of YHWH, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor. |
| 4:13 |
Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze. You will beat in pieces many peoples. I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. |
Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze. You will beat in pieces many peoples. I will devote their gain to YHWH, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. |
| 5:1 |
Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. |
Now gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. |
| 5:4 |
He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth. |
He will stand and shepherd in the strength of YHWH, in the majesty of the name of YHWH his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth. |
| 5:7 |
The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that dont wait for man nor wait for the sons of men. |
The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from YHWH, like showers on the grass, that dont wait for man nor wait for the sons of men. |
| 5:10 |
It will happen in that day, says Yahweh, that I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots. |
It will happen in that day, says YHWH, that I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots. |
| 5:12 |
I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You shall have no soothsayers. |
I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You will have no soothsayers. |
| 5:13 |
I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. |
I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you will no longer worship the work of your hands. |
| 5:15 |
I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that didnt listen. |
I will take vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that didnt obey. |
| 6:1 |
Listen now to what Yahweh says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. |
Yall must listen to what YHWH says: You are to arise and plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. |
| 6:2 |
Hear, you mountains, Yahwehs indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel. |
Yall listen to YHWHs indictment, O mountains, the enduring foundations of the earth. YHWH has a case against ʜɪꜱ people, and ʜᴇ will argue against Israel. |
| 6:5 |
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh. |
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH. |
| 6:6 |
How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? |
How should I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the exalted God? Should I come before ʜɪᴍ with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? |
| 6:7 |
Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
Will YHWH be pleased with thousands of rams? With ten thousand rivers of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my rebellion? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
| 6:8 |
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? |
Hᴇ has shown you, human, what is good. What does YHWH require of you? To do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God. |
| 6:9 |
Yahwehs voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it. |
YHWHs voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— Yall listen to the rod, and the one who appointed it. |
| 6:11 |
Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights? |
Can I excuse dishonest scales, or a bag of deceptive weights? |
| 6:14 |
You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword. |
You will eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword. |
| 6:16 |
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahabs house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people. |
For the statutes of Omri and all the works of Ahabs house are observed. Yall walk in their counsels, that I may bring you to ruin, and your inhabitants to derision. Yall will bear the reproach of the nations. |
| 7:5 |
Dont trust in a neighbor. Dont put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth! |
Yall must not rely on a neighbor. Yall must not have confidence in a friend. From the one laying in your bosom, you must guard the words of your mouth! |
| 7:7 |
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. |
But as for me, I will look to YHWH. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. |
| 7:8 |
Dont rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. |
Dont rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, YHWH will be a light to me. |
| 7:9 |
I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. |
I will bear the indignation of YHWH, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. |
| 7:10 |
Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, Where is Yahweh your God? My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. |
Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, Where is YHWH your God? My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. |
| 7:17 |
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you. |
They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to YHWH our God, and will be afraid because of you. |
| 7:18 |
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesnt retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. |
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesnt retain his anger forever, because he delights in lovingkindness. |