Micah Chapter 1

1The word of the Lord, that came unto Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem.

2Hear, all ye people: hearken thou, O earth, and all that therein is, and let the Lord God be witness against you, even the Lord from his holy Temple.

3For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4And the mountains shall melt under him (so shall the valleys cleave) as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured downward.

5For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel: what is the wickedness of Jacob? Is not Samaria? and which are the high places of Judah? Is not Jerusalem?

6Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and for the planting of a vineyard, and I will cause the stones thereof to tumble down into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

7And all the graven images thereof shall be broken, and all the gifts thereof shall be burnt with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I destroy: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the wages of an harlot.

8Therefore I will mourn and howl: I will go without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.

9For her plagues are grievous: for it is come into Judah: the enemy is come unto the gate of my people, unto Jerusalem.

10Declare ye it not at Gath, neither weep ye: for the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

11Thou that dwellest at Shaphir, go together naked with shame: she that dwelleth at Zaanan, shall not come forth in the mourning of Beth Ezel: the enemy shall receive of you for his standing.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the beasts of price: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

14Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be as a lie to the kings of Israel.

15Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, he shall come unto Adullam, the glory of Israel.

16Make thee bald: and shave thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.