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The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">Grief over Samaria and Jerusalem</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!</p><p class="line2">Let the earth and everything in it hear.</p><p class="line1">The Sovereign LORD is making accusations against you;</p><p class="line2">the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Look! The LORD is coming!</p><p class="line2">He leaves his throne in heaven</p><p class="line2">and tramples the heights of the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The mountains melt beneath his feet</p><p class="line2">and flow into the valleys</p><p class="line1">like wax in a fire,</p><p class="line2">like water pouring down a hill.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And why is this happening?</p><p class="line2">Because of the rebellion of Israel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>—</p><p class="line2">yes, the sins of the whole nation.</p><p class="line1">Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion?</p><p class="line2">Samaria, its capital city!</p><p class="line1">Where is the center of idolatry in Judah?</p><p class="line2">In Jerusalem, its capital!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“So I, the LORD, will make the city of Samaria</p><p class="line2">a heap of ruins.</p><p class="line1">Her streets will be plowed up</p><p class="line2">for planting vineyards.</p><p class="line1">I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below,</p><p class="line2">exposing her foundations.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All her carved images will be smashed.</p><p class="line2">All her sacred treasures will be burned.</p><p class="line1">These things were bought with the money</p><p class="line2">earned by her prostitution,</p><p class="line1">and they will now be carried away</p><p class="line2">to pay prostitutes elsewhere.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore, I will mourn and lament.</p><p class="line2">I will walk around barefoot and naked.</p><p class="line1">I will howl like a jackal</p><p class="line2">and moan like an owl.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For my people’s wound</p><p class="line2">is too deep to heal.</p><p class="line1">It has reached into Judah,</p><p class="line2">even to the gates of Jerusalem.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Don’t tell our enemies in Gath<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>;</p><p class="line2">don’t weep at all.</p><p class="line1">You people in Beth-leaphrah,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2">roll in the dust to show your despair.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You people in Shaphir,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line2">go as captives into exile—naked and ashamed.</p><p class="line1">The people of Zaanan<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="line2">dare not come outside their walls.</p><p class="line1">The people of Beth-ezel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> mourn,</p><p class="line2">for their house has no support.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The people of Maroth<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> anxiously wait for relief,</p><p class="line2">but only bitterness awaits them</p><p class="line1">as the LORD’s judgment reaches</p><p class="line2">even to the gates of Jerusalem.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Harness your chariot horses and flee,</p><p class="line2">you people of Lachish.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a></p><p class="line1">You were the first city in Judah</p><p class="line2">to follow Israel in her rebellion,</p><p class="line2">and you led Jerusalem<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> into sin.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a>;</p><p class="line2">there is no hope of saving it.</p><p class="line1">The town of Aczib<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a></p><p class="line2">has deceived the kings of Israel.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>O people of Mareshah,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a></p><p class="line2">I will bring a conqueror to capture your town.</p><p class="line1">And the leaders<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> of Israel</p><p class="line2">will go to Adullam.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow,</p><p class="line2">for the children you love will be snatched away.</p><p class="line1">Make yourselves as bald as a vulture,</p><p class="line2">for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Jacob;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:5b. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:10a </span><span class="it">Gath</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “tell.”</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:10b </span><span class="it">Beth-leaphrah</span><span class="ft"> means “house of dust.”</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:11a </span><span class="it">Shaphir</span><span class="ft"> means “pleasant.”</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:11b </span><span class="it">Zaanan</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “come out.”</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:11c </span><span class="it">Beth-ezel</span><span class="ft"> means “adjoining house.”</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="it">Maroth</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “bitter.”</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:13a </span><span class="it">Lachish</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “team of horses.”</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:13b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the daughter of Zion.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:14a </span><span class="it">Moresheth</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “gift” or “dowry.”</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:14b </span><span class="it">Aczib</span><span class="ft"> means “deception.”</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:15a </span><span class="it">Mareshah</span><span class="ft"> sounds like the Hebrew term for “conqueror.”</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:15b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the glory.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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