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World English Bible

Micah 1 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
[2] Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
[3] For behold, Yahweh comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
[4] The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
[5] “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?
[6] Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
[7] All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”
[8] For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.
[9] For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
[10] Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
[11] Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
[12] For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
[13] Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
[14] Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
[15] I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
[16] Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you!

Micah 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Micah 1:2 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Micah 1:3 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Micah 1 (KJVS)

[1] The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
[2] Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
[3] For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
[4] And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
[5] For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
[6] Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
[7] And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
[8] Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
[9] For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
[10] Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
[11] Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
[12] For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
[13] O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
[14] Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
[15] Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
[16] Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Micah 1:2 Heb. the fullness thereof
Micah 1:4 Heb. a descent
Micah 1:8 Heb. daughters of the owl
Micah 1:9 Or, she is greviously sick of her wounds
Micah 1:10 That is, dust
Micah 1:11a Heb. inhabitress
Micah 1:11b Or, thou that dwellest fairly
Micah 1:11c Or, the country of flocks
Micah 1:11d Or, a place near
Micah 1:12 Or, was grieved
Micah 1:14a Or, for
Micah 1:14b That is, a lie

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Micah 1 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Μιχαιαν τὸν () τοῦ () Μωρασθι ἐν () ἡμέραις () Ιωαθαμ () καὶ () Αχαζ () καὶ () Εζεκιου () βασιλέων () Ιουδα, ὑπὲρ () ὧν () εἶδεν () περὶ () Σαμαρείας () καὶ () περὶ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[2] Ἀκούσατε, () λαοί, () λόγους, () καὶ () προσεχέτω () ἡ () γῆ () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἐν () αὐτῇ, () καὶ () ἔσται () κύριος () ἐν () ὑμῖν () εἰς () μαρτύριον, () κύριος () ἐξ () οἴκου () ἁγίου () αὐτοῦ· ()
[3] διότι () ἰδοὺ () κύριος () ἐκπορεύεται () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () καταβήσεται () καὶ () ἐπιβήσεται () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὕψη () τῆς () γῆς, ()
[4] καὶ () σαλευθήσεται () τὰ () ὄρη () ὑποκάτωθεν αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () αἱ () κοιλάδες τακήσονται () ὡς () κηρὸς ἀπὸ () προσώπου () πυρὸς () καὶ () ὡς () ὕδωρ () καταφερόμενον () ἐν () καταβάσει. ()
[5] Διὰ () ἀσέβειαν () Ιακωβ () πάντα () ταῦτα () καὶ () διὰ () ἁμαρτίαν () οἴκου () Ισραηλ. () Τίς () ἡ () ἀσέβεια () τοῦ () Ιακωβ; () Οὐ () Σαμάρεια; () Καὶ () τίς () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () οἴκου () Ιουδα; Οὐχὶ () Ιερουσαλημ; ()
[6] Καὶ () θήσομαι () Σαμάρειαν () εἰς () ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἀγροῦ () καὶ () εἰς () φυτείαν () ἀμπελῶνος () καὶ () κατασπάσω εἰς () χάος τοὺς () λίθους () αὐτῆς () καὶ () τὰ () θεμέλια () αὐτῆς () ἀποκαλύψω· ()
[7] καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () γλυπτὰ αὐτῆς () κατακόψουσιν () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () μισθώματα () αὐτῆς () ἐμπρήσουσιν () ἐν () πυρί, () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () εἴδωλα () αὐτῆς () θήσομαι () εἰς () ἀφανισμόν· () διότι () ἐκ () μισθωμάτων () πορνείας () συνήγαγεν () καὶ () ἐκ () μισθωμάτων () πορνείας () συνέστρεψεν. ()
[8] Ἕνεκεν () τούτου () κόψεται () καὶ () θρηνήσει, () πορεύσεται () ἀνυπόδετος καὶ () γυμνή, () ποιήσεται () κοπετὸν () ὡς () δρακόντων () καὶ () πένθος () ὡς () θυγατέρων () σειρήνων·
[9] ὅτι () κατεκράτησεν ἡ () πληγὴ () αὐτῆς, () διότι () ἦλθεν () ἕως () Ιουδα καὶ () ἥψατο () ἕως () πύλης () λαοῦ () μου, () ἕως () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[10] Οἱ () ἐν () Γεθ, μὴ () μεγαλύνεσθε· () οἱ () ἐν () Ακιμ, μὴ () ἀνοικοδομεῖτε () ἐξ () οἴκου () κατὰ () γέλωτα, () γῆν () καταπάσασθε κατὰ () γέλωτα () ὑμῶν. ()
[11] Κατοικοῦσα () καλῶς () τὰς () πόλεις () αὐτῆς () οὐκ () ἐξῆλθεν () κατοικοῦσα () Σεννααν κόψασθαι () οἶκον () ἐχόμενον () αὐτῆς, () λήμψεται () ἐξ () ὑμῶν () πληγὴν () ὀδύνης. ()
[12] Τίς () ἤρξατο () εἰς () ἀγαθὰ () κατοικούσῃ () ὀδύνας; () Ὅτι () κατέβη () κακὰ () παρὰ () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () πύλας () Ιερουσαλημ, ()
[13] ψόφος ἁρμάτων () καὶ () ἱππευόντων. Κατοικοῦσα () Λαχις, ἀρχηγὸς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτή () ἐστιν () τῇ () θυγατρὶ () Σιων, () ὅτι () ἐν () σοὶ () εὑρέθησαν () ἀσέβειαι () τοῦ () Ισραηλ. ()
[14] Διὰ () τοῦτο () δώσεις () ἐξαποστελλομένους () ἕως () κληρονομίας () Γεθ οἴκους () ματαίους· () εἰς () κενὰ () ἐγένετο () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν () τοῦ () Ισραηλ. ()
[15] Ἕως () τοὺς () κληρονόμους () ἀγάγω () σοι, () κατοικοῦσα () Λαχις κληρονομία, () ἕως () Οδολλαμ ἥξει () ἡ () δόξα () τῆς () θυγατρὸς () Ισραηλ. ()
[16] Ξύρησαι () καὶ () κεῖραι () ἐπὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () τὰ () τρυφερά σου, () ἐμπλάτυνον τὴν () χηρείαν σου () ὡς () ἀετός, () ὅτι () ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν () ἀπὸ () σοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.