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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 NIV</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" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NIV</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 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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/micah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> that came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—the vision he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.</p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hear, you peoples, all of you,</p><p class="line2">listen, earth and all who live in it,</p><p class="line1">that the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> may bear witness against you,</p><p class="line2">the Lord from his holy temple.</p></div> <p class="sectionhead">Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Look! The <span class="name">Lord</span> is coming from his dwelling place;</p><p class="line2">he comes down and treads on 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 him</p><p class="line2">and the valleys split apart,</p><p class="line1">like wax before the fire,</p><p class="line2">like water rushing down a slope.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,</p><p class="line2">because of the sins of the people of Israel.</p><p class="line1">What is Jacob’s transgression?</p><p class="line2">Is it not Samaria?</p><p class="line1">What is Judah’s high place?</p><p class="line2">Is it not Jerusalem?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,</p><p class="line2">a place for planting vineyards.</p><p class="line1">I will pour her stones into the valley</p><p class="line2">and lay bare 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 idols will be broken to pieces;</p><p class="line2">all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;</p><p class="line2">I will destroy all her images.</p><p class="line1">Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,</p><p class="line2">as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”</p></div> <p class="sectionhead">Weeping and Mourning</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Because of this I will weep and wail;</p><p class="line2">I will go about 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 Samaria’s plague is incurable;</p><p class="line2">it has spread to Judah.</p><p class="line1">It has reached the very gate of my people,</p><p class="line2">even to Jerusalem itself.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Tell it not in Gath <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.">a</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">weep not at all.</p><p class="line1">In Beth Ophrah <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Beth Ophrah means house of dust.">b</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">roll in the dust.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Pass by naked and in shame,</p><p class="line2">you who live in Shaphir. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Shaphir means pleasant.">c</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">Those who live in Zaanan <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.">d</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">will not come out.</p><p class="line1">Beth Ezel is in mourning;</p><p class="line2">it no longer protects you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Those who live in Maroth <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.">e</a></sup></span> writhe in pain,</p><p class="line2">waiting for relief,</p><p class="line1">because disaster has come from the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">even to the gate of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who live in Lachish,</p><p class="line2">harness fast horses to the chariot.</p><p class="line1">You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began,</p><p class="line2">for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore you will give parting gifts</p><p class="line2">to Moresheth Gath.</p><p class="line1">The town of Akzib <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Akzib means deception.">f</a></sup></span> will prove deceptive</p><p class="line2">to 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>I will bring a conqueror against you</p><p class="line2">who live in Mareshah. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.">g</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">The nobles of Israel</p><p class="line2">will flee to Adullam.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Shave your head in mourning</p><p class="line2">for the children in whom you delight;</p><p class="line1">make yourself as bald as the vulture,</p><p class="line2">for they will go from you into exile.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Gath</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>tell.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Beth Ophrah</i> means <i>house of dust.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Shaphir</i> means <i>pleasant.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Zaanan</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>come out.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Maroth</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>bitter.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Akzib</i> means <i>deception.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Mareshah</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>conqueror.</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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