Micah 1:1-9 ▼

1 This is the word of the LORD {YHWH} that came to Micah (who is like God) the Moreshite (possession of Gath) in the days of Jotham (YHWH is perfect), Ahaz (he has grasped), and Hezekiah (YHWH has made strong), kings of Judah (praised)—what he saw regarding Samaria (watch mountain) and Jerusalem (city of peace):

2 Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} bear witness against you⁺, the Lord from His holy temple.

3 For behold, the LORD {YHWH} comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob (he grasps the heel) and the sins of the house of Israel (he wrestles with God). What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria (watch mountain)? And what is the high place of Judah (praised)? Is it not Jerusalem (city of peace)?

6 Therefore I will make Samaria (watch mountain) a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal (a serpent) and mourn like an ostrich \like daughters of an ostrich/.

9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah (praised); it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself (city of peace).