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2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v33_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.1" class="v33_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I am Micah from Moresheth.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.1!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.1!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> were the kings of Judah.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Samaria</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.2" class="v33_1_2">2</span>Listen, all of you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_2">Earth and everything on it,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_2">pay close attention.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_2">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> God accuses you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_2">from his holy temple.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.3" class="v33_1_3">3</span>And he will come down</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_3">to crush underfoot</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_3">every pagan altar.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.4" class="v33_1_4">4</span>Mountains will melt</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_4">beneath his feet</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_4">like wax beside a fire.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_4">Valleys will vanish like water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_4">rushing down a ravine.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.5" class="v33_1_5">5</span>This will happen because of</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_5">the terrible sins of Israel,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_5">the descendants of Jacob.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_5">Samaria has led Israel to sin,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_5">and pagan altars at Jerusalem</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_5">have made Judah sin.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.6" class="v33_1_6">6</span>So the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will leave Samaria</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_6">in ruins—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_6">merely an empty field</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_6">where vineyards are planted.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_6">He will scatter its stones</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_6">and destroy its foundations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.7" class="v33_1_7">7</span>Samaria's idols will be smashed,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_7">and the wages</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_7">of temple prostitutes<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_7">will be destroyed by fire.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_7">Silver and gold from those idols</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_7">will then be used by foreigners</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_7">as payment for prostitutes.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judah Is Doomed</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.8" class="v33_1_8">8</span>Because of this tragedy,<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_8">I go barefoot and naked.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_8">My crying and weeping</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_8">sound like howling wolves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_8">or ostriches.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.9" class="v33_1_9">9</span>The nation is fatally wounded.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_9">Judah is doomed.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_9">Jerusalem will fall.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.10" class="v33_1_10">10</span>Don't tell it in Gath!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_10">Don't even cry.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_10">Instead, roll in the dust</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_10">at Beth-Leaphrah.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.11" class="v33_1_11">11</span>Depart naked and ashamed,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_11">you people of Shaphir.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_11">The town of Bethezel<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.11!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> mourns</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_11">because no one from Zaanan<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.11!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_11">went out to help.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.11!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.12" class="v33_1_12">12</span>Everyone in Maroth<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_12">hoped for the best,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_12">but the <span class="nd">Lord</span> sent disaster</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_12">down on Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.13" class="v33_1_13">13</span>Get the war chariots ready,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_13">you people of Lachish.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_13">You led Jerusalem into sin,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_13">just as Israel did.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.13!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.14" class="v33_1_14">14</span>Now you will have to give</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_14">a going-away gift<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_14">to Moresheth.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_14">Israel's kings will discover</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_14">that they cannot trust</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_14">the town of Achzib.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.14!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.15" class="v33_1_15">15</span>People of Mareshah,<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_15">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will send someone</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_15">to capture your town.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_15">Then Israel's glorious king</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_15">will be forced to hide</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_15">in Adullam Cave.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Mic.1.16" class="v33_1_16">16</span>Judah, shave your head</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_16">as bald as a vulture</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_16">and start mourning.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_16">Your precious children<a href="#fn" id="link_Mic.1.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v33_1_16">will be dragged off</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v33_1_16">to a foreign country.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Moresheth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A town in southern Judah not far from Gath. In verse 14 it is called Moresheth-Gath.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Samaria and Jerusalem: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom (Israel), and Jerusalem was the capital of the southern kingdom (Judah).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Jotham, the son of Uzziah, ruled Judah 740–736 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>; Ahaz, the son of Jotham, ruled 736–716 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>; Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, ruled 716–687 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">holy temple: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Possibly the one in heaven, though it may be the Jerusalem temple.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">wages of temple prostitutes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">At pagan temples, people had sex with prostitutes as a way of worshiping the idols, and the money earned in this way was used to support the pagan religion.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">this tragedy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Either the destruction of Samaria (verses 6,7) or the coming destruction of Judah and Jerusalem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Gath … Beth-Leaphrah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Gath was a Philistine city; Beth-Leaphrah is unknown, but in Hebrew it sounds like “House of Dust.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Shaphir: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mentioned only here in the Old Testament; in Hebrew “Shaphir” means “beautiful.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Bethezel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mentioned only here in the Old Testament; in Hebrew “Bethezel” means “house next door.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Zaanan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mentioned only here in the Old Testament; in Hebrew “Zaanan” means “one who goes out.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The town … help: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “No one from Zaanan refused to desert their town, and Bethezel mourns because it is left undefended.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Maroth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mentioned only here in the Old Testament; in Hebrew “Maroth” means “bitter.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Lachish: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The chief city of southwest Judah, about 48 kilometers from Jerusalem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">led … sin … did: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “You led Jerusalem and Israel into sin.” In Hebrew “Lachish” sounds like “a team of horses (that pulls a war chariot).” And the sin may be that Lachish led the nation to trust the power of war chariots instead of the <char style="nd">Lord</char>. But the sin could be idolatry or some false teachings that were brought in from Egypt by way of Lachish.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">going-away gift: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The gift (dowry) that a bride's father gave her when she left the home of her parents to live with the family of her husband. In Hebrew the word for “bride” or “fiancee” sounds like “Moresheth.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Moresheth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “Moresheth-Gath”; the home of Micah (see verse 1).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Achzib: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Meaning “lie” or “deception” was near Adullam Cave (verse 15), where David hid from King Saul (see 1 Samuel 22.1,2). Micah probably means that the people of Israel (including their king) will have to run for their lives, but will find that all hope for escape is merely a “lie” (see verse 15).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Mareshah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Sounds something like the Hebrew word for “conqueror” and was only a few kilometers northeast of Lachish.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Adullam Cave: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.14.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">precious children: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The towns mentioned in verses 10-15.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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