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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Micah 1 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/micah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/micah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Micah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jonah/4.htm" title="Jonah 4">◄</a> Micah 1 <a href="../micah/2.htm" title="Micah 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/micah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Destruction in Israel and Judah</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw [through divine revelation] concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hear, O peoples, all of you; <t><p class="indent1">Listen closely, O earth and all that is in it, <t><p class="indent1">And let the Lord GOD be witness [giving a testimony of the judgment] against you, <t><p class="indent1">The Lord from His holy temple [in the heavens]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For behold, the LORD is coming down from His place <t><p class="indent1">He shall come down and tread [in judgment] on the high places of the earth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The mountains shall melt under Him <t><p class="indent1">And the valleys shall be split <t><p class="indent1">Like wax before the fire, <t><p class="indent1">Like waters poured down a steep place. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All this is because of the rebellion <i>and</i> apostasy of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Jacob <t><p class="indent1">And for the sins of the house of Israel (the Northern Kingdom). <t><p class="indent1">What is the rebellion <i>and</i> apostasy of Jacob? <t><p class="indent1">Is it not [the abandonment of God in order to worship the idols of] Samaria? <t><p class="indent1">What are the high places [of idolatry] in Judah (the Southern Kingdom)? <t><p class="indent1">Are they not Jerusalem [the capital and center of corruption]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore I [the LORD] shall make Samaria a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>heap of ruins [and of stones and arable land] in the open country, <t><p class="indent1">A place for planting vineyards; <t><p class="indent1">And I will pour her stones down into the ravine <t><p class="indent1">And lay bare her foundations. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All her idols shall be broken in pieces, <t><p class="indent1">All her earnings [from her idolatry] shall be burned with fire, <t><p class="indent1">And all her images I shall make desolate; <t><p class="indent1">For from the earnings of a prostitute she collected them, <t><p class="indent1">And to the earnings of a prostitute they shall return. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail, <t><p class="indent1">I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed]; <t><p class="indent1">I must wail like the jackals <t><p class="indent1">And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For Samaria’s wound is incurable, <t><p class="indent1">For it has come to Judah; <t><p class="indent1">The enemy has reached the gate of my people, <t><p class="indent1">Even to Jerusalem. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia], <t><p class="indent1">Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles]; <t><p class="indent1">In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go on your way [into exile--stripped of beauty, disarmed], inhabitants of Shaphir (Beautiful), in shameful nakedness. <t><p class="indent1">The inhabitant of Zaanan (Go Out) does not go out [of the house]; <t><p class="indent1">The wailing of Beth-ezel (House of Removal) will take away from you its support. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness) <t><p class="indent1">Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good, <t><p class="indent1">Because a catastrophe has come down from the LORD <t><p class="indent1">To the gate of Jerusalem. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Harness the chariot to the team of horses [to escape the invasion], <t><p class="indent1">O inhabitant of Lachish-- <t><p class="indent1">She was the beginning of sin <t><p class="indent1">To the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)-- <t><p class="indent1">Because in you were found <t><p class="indent1">The rebellious acts of Israel. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore you will give parting gifts <t><p class="indent1">On behalf of Moresheth-gath (Micah’s home); <t><p class="indent1">The houses of Achzib (Place of Deceit) will become a deception <t><p class="indent1">To the kings of Israel. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Moreover, I will bring on you <t><p class="indent1">The one who takes possession, <t><p class="indent1">O inhabitant of Mareshah (Prominent Place). <t><p class="indent1">The glory (nobility) of Israel will enter Adullam [seeking refuge]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Make yourself bald [in mourning]--shave off your hair <t><p class="indent1">For the children of your delight; <t><p class="indent1">Remain as bald as the eagle, <t><p class="indent1">For your children will be taken from you into exile.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> I.e. an alternate name for Israel. The capital city was Samaria.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Omri king of Israel (the Northern Kingdom--the ten tribes) purchased the hill on which he built Samaria, his capital city, for two talents of silver. It served both as a center for the worship of idols and as the capital of Israel until it was captured by Sargon king of Assyria in 721 B.C. This victory marked the end of the kingdom of the ten tribes.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Micah uses a play on words as he denounces the cities in vv 10-15.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jonah/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jonah 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jonah 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../micah/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Micah 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Micah 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>