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Micah 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Mo'resheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Sama'ria and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 - Hear, you peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is in it; and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:3 - For behold, the LORD is coming forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:4 - And the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be cleft, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Sama'ria? And what is the sin of the house of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:6 - Therefore I will make Sama'ria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards; and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and uncover her foundations.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:7 - All her images shall be beaten to pieces, all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay waste; for from the hire of a harlot she gathered them, and to the hire of a harlot they shall return.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:9 - For her wound is incurable; and it has come to Judah, it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; in Beth-le-aph'rah roll yourselves in the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:11 - Pass on your way, inhabitants of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitants of Za'anan do not come forth; the wailing of Beth-e'zel shall take away from you its standing place.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:12 - For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - Harness the steeds to the chariots, inhabitants of Lachish; you were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:14 - Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Mo'resheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:15 - I will again bring a conqueror upon you, inhabitants of Mare'shah; the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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