strkjv@Micah:1:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@Micah:1:2
@
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
.
strkjv@Micah:1:3
@ For, behold, the
LORD
cometh
forth
out of his
place
, and will come
down
, and
tread
upon the high
places
of the
earth
.
strkjv@Micah:1:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@Micah:1:5
@ 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
?
strkjv@Micah:1:6
@ 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.
strkjv@Micah:1:7
@ 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
.
strkjv@Micah:1:8
@ 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
.
strkjv@Micah:1:9
@ For her
wound
is
incurable
; for it is
come
unto
Judah
; he is
come
unto the
gate
of my
people
, even to
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Micah:1:10
@
Declare
ye it not at
Gath
,
weep
ye not at
all
: in the house of
Aphrah
Beyth l@-
roll
thyself in the
dust
.
strkjv@Micah:1:11
@ Pass ye
away
, thou
inhabitant
of
Saphir
, having thy
shame
naked
: the
inhabitant
of
Zaanan
came not
forth
in the
mourning
of
Bethezel
Beyth ha-; he shall
receive
of you his
standing
.
strkjv@Micah:1:12
@ For the
inhabitant
of
Maroth
waited
carefully
for
good
: but
evil
came
down
from the
LORD
unto the
gate
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Micah:1:13
@ 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.
strkjv@Micah:1:14
@ Therefore shalt thou
give
presents
to
Moreshethgath
Mowresheth: the
houses
of
Achzib
shall be a
lie
to the
kings
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Micah:1:15
@ Yet will I
bring
an
heir
unto thee, O
inhabitant
of
Mareshah
: he shall
come
unto
Adullam
the
glory
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Micah:1:16
@ Make thee
bald
, and
poll
thee for thy
delicate
children
;
enlarge
thy
baldness
as the
eagle
; for they are gone into
captivity
from thee.
strkjv@Micah:2:1
@
Woe
to them that
devise
iniquity
, and
work
evil
upon their
beds
! when the
morning
is
light
, they
practise
it, because it
is
in the
power
of their
hand
.
strkjv@Micah:2:2
@ And they
covet
fields
, and take them by
violence
; and
houses
, and take them
away
: so they
oppress
a
man
and his
house
, even a
man
and his
heritage
.
strkjv@Micah:2:3
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
; Behold, against this
family
do I
devise
an
evil
, from which ye shall not
remove
your
necks
; neither shall ye
go
haughtily
: for this
time
is
evil
.
strkjv@Micah:2:4
@ In that
day
shall one take
up
a
parable
against you, and
lament
with a
doleful
lamentation
, and
say
, We be
utterly
spoiled
: he hath
changed
the
portion
of my
people
: how hath he
removed
it from me! turning
away
he hath
divided
our
fields
.
strkjv@Micah:2:5
@ Therefore thou shalt have none that shall
cast
a
cord
by
lot
in the
congregation
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Micah:2:6
@
Prophesy
ye not, say they to them that
prophesy
: they shall not
prophesy
to them, that they shall not
take
shame
.
strkjv@Micah:2:7
@ O thou that art
named
the
house
of
Jacob
, is the
spirit
of the
LORD
straitened
? are these his
doings
? do not my
words
do
good
to him that
walketh
uprightly
?
strkjv@Micah:2:8
@ Even of
late
my
people
is risen
up
as an
enemy
: ye pull
off
the
robe
with
the
garment
from them that
pass
by
securely
as men
averse
from
war
.
strkjv@Micah:2:9
@ The
women
of my
people
have ye cast
out
from their
pleasant
houses
; from their
children
have ye taken
away
my
glory
for
ever
.
strkjv@Micah:2:10
@
Arise
ye, and
depart
; for this is not your
rest
: because it is
polluted
, it shall
destroy
you, even with a
sore
destruction
.
strkjv@Micah:2:11
@
If
a
man
walking
in the
spirit
and
falsehood
do
lie
, saying, I will
prophesy
unto thee of
wine
and of strong
drink
; he shall even be the
prophet
of this
people
.
strkjv@Micah:2:12
@ I will
surely
assemble
, O
Jacob
, all of thee; I will
surely
gather
the
remnant
of
Israel
; I will
put
them
tgether
as the
sheep
of
Bozrah
, as the
flock
in the
midst
of their
fold
: they shall make great
noise
by reason of the multitude of
men
.
strkjv@Micah:2:13
@ The
breaker
is come
up
before
them: they have broken
up
, and have passed
through
the
gate
, and are gone
out
by it: and their
king
shall
pass
before
them, and the
LORD
on the
head
of them.
strkjv@Micah:3:1
@ And I
said
,
Hear
, I pray you, O
heads
of
Jacob
, and ye
princes
of the
house
of
Israel
; Is it not for you to
know
judgment
?
strkjv@Micah:3:2
@ Who
hate
the
good
, and
love
the
evil
; who pluck
off
their
skin
from off them, and their
flesh
from off their
bones
;
strkjv@Micah:3:3
@ Who also
eat
the
flesh
of my
people
, and
flay
their
skin
from off them; and they
break
their
bones
, and chop them in
pieces
, as for the
pot
, and as
flesh
within
the
caldron
.
strkjv@Micah:3:4
@ Then shall they
cry
unto the
LORD
, but he will not
hear
them: he will even
hide
his
face
from them at that
time
, as they have behaved themselves
ill
in their
doings
.
strkjv@Micah:3:5
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
concerning the
prophets
that make my
people
err
, that
bite
with their
teeth
, and
cry
,
Peace
; and he that
putteth
not into their
mouths
, they even
prepare
war
against him.
strkjv@Micah:3:6
@ Therefore
night
shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a
vision
; and it shall be
dark
unto you, that ye shall not
divine
; and the
sun
shall go
down
over the
prophets
, and the
day
shall be
dark
over them.
strkjv@Micah:3:7
@ Then shall the
seers
be
ashamed
, and the
diviners
confounded
: yea, they shall all
cover
their
lips
; for there is no
answer
of
God
.
strkjv@Micah:3:8
@ But
truly
I am
full
of
power
by the
spirit
of the
LORD
, and of
judgment
, and of
might
, to
declare
unto
Jacob
his
transgression
, and to
Israel
his
sin
.
strkjv@Micah:3:9
@
Hear
this, I pray you, ye
heads
of the
house
of
Jacob
, and
princes
of the
house
of
Israel
, that
abhor
judgment
, and
pervert
all
equity
.
strkjv@Micah:3:10
@ They build
up
Zion
with
blood
, and
Jerusalem
with
iniquity
.
strkjv@Micah:3:11
@ The
heads
thereof
judge
for
reward
, and the
priests
thereof
teach
for
hire
, and the
prophets
thereof
divine
for
money
: yet will they
lean
upon the
LORD
, and
say
, Is not the
LORD
among
us? none
evil
can
come
upon us.
strkjv@Micah:3:12
@ Therefore shall
Zion
for your
sake
be
plowed
as a
field
, and
Jerusalem
shall become
heaps
, and the
mountain
of the
house
as the high
places
of the
forest
.
strkjv@Micah:4:1
@ But in the
last
days
it shall come to pass, that the
mountain
of the
house
of the
LORD
shall be
established
in the
top
of the
mountains
, and it shall be
exalted
above the
hills
; and
people
shall
flow
unto it.
strkjv@Micah:4:2
@ And
many
nations
shall
come
, and
say
,
Come
, and let us go
up
to the
mountain
of the
LORD
, and to the
house
of the
God
of
Jacob
; and he will
teach
us of his
ways
, and we will
walk
in his
paths
: for the
law
shall go
forth
of
Zion
, and the
word
of the
LORD
from
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Micah:4:3
@ And he shall
judge
among
many
people
, and
rebuke
strong
nations
afar
off
; and they shall
beat
their
swords
into
plowshares
, and their
spears
into
pruninghooks
:
nation
shall not lift
up
a
sword
against
nation
, neither shall they
learn
war
any more.
strkjv@Micah:4:4
@ But they shall
sit
every
man
under his
vine
and under his fig
tree
t@; and none shall make them
afraid
: for the
mouth
of the
LORD
of
hosts
hath
spoken
it.
strkjv@Micah:4:5
@ For all
people
will
walk
every
one
in the
name
of his
god
, and we will
walk
in the
name
of the
LORD
our
God
for
ever
and
ever
.
strkjv@Micah:4:6
@ In that
day
,
saith
the
LORD
, will I
assemble
her that
halteth
, and I will
gather
her that is driven
out
, and her that I have
afflicted
;
strkjv@Micah:4:7
@ And I will
make
her that
halted
a
remnant
sh@, and her that was cast far
off
a
strong
nation
: and the
LORD
shall
reign
over them in
mount
Zion
from henceforth, even
for
ever
.
strkjv@Micah:4:8
@ And thou, O
tower
of the
flock
Migdal-, the strong
hold
of the
daughter
of
Zion
, unto thee shall it
come
, even the
first
dominion
; the
kingdom
shall
come
to the
daughter
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Micah:4:9
@ Now why dost thou
cry
out
aloud
? is there no
king
in thee? is thy
counsellor
perished
? for
pangs
have
taken
thee as a woman in
travail
.
strkjv@Micah:4:10
@ Be in
pain
, and labour to bring
forth
, O
daughter
of
Zion
, like a woman in
travail
: for now shalt thou go
forth
out of the
city
, and thou shalt
dwell
in the
field
, and thou shalt
go
even to
Babylon
; there shalt thou be
delivered
; there the
LORD
shall
redeem
thee from the
hand
of thine
enemies
.
strkjv@Micah:4:11
@ Now also
many
nations
are
gathered
against thee, that
say
, Let her be
defiled
, and let our
eye
look
upon
Zion
.
strkjv@Micah:4:12
@ But they
know
not the
thoughts
of the
LORD
, neither
understand
they his
counsel
: for he shall
gather
them as the
sheaves
into the
floor
.
strkjv@Micah:4:13
@
Arise
and
thresh
, O
daughter
of
Zion
: for I will
make
thine
horn
iron
, and I will
make
thy
hoofs
brass
: and thou shalt beat in
pieces
many
people
: and I will
consecrate
their
gain
unto the
LORD
, and their
substance
unto the
Lord
of the whole
earth
.
strkjv@Micah:5:1
@ Now
gather
thyself in
troops
, O
daughter
of
troops
: he hath
laid
siege
against us: they shall
smite
the
judge
of
Israel
with a
rod
upon the
cheek
.
strkjv@Micah:5:2
@ But thou,
Bethlehem
Beyth
Ephratah
, though thou be
little
among the
thousands
of
Judah
, yet out of thee shall he come
forth
unto me that is to be
ruler
in
Israel
; whose goings
forth
have been from of
old
, from
everlasting
.
strkjv@Micah:5:3
@ Therefore will he give them
up
, until the
time
that she which
travaileth
hath brought
forth
: then the
remnant
of his
brethren
shall
return
unto the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Micah:5:4
@ And he shall
stand
and
feed
in the
strength
of the
LORD
, in the
majesty
of the
name
of the
LORD
his
God
; and they shall
abide
: for now shall he be
great
unto the
ends
of the
earth
.
strkjv@Micah:5:5
@ And this man shall be the
peace
, when the
Assyrian
shall
come
into our
land
: and when he shall
tread
in our
palaces
, then shall we
raise
against him
seven
shepherds
, and
eight
principal
men
.
strkjv@Micah:5:6
@ And they shall
waste
the
land
of
Assyria
with the
sword
, and the
land
of
Nimrod
in the
entrances
thereof: thus shall he
deliver
us from the
Assyrian
, when he
cometh
into our
land
, and when he
treadeth
within our
borders
.
strkjv@Micah:5:7
@ And the
remnant
of
Jacob
shall be in the
midst
of
many
people
as a
dew
from the
LORD
, as the
showers
upon the
grass
, that
tarrieth
not for
man
, nor
waiteth
for the
sons
of
men
.
strkjv@Micah:5:8
@ And the
remnant
of
Jacob
shall be among the
Gentiles
in the
midst
of
many
people
as a
lion
among the
beasts
of the
forest
, as a young
lion
among the
flocks
of
sheep
: who, if he go
through
, both treadeth
down
, and teareth in
pieces
, and none can
deliver
.
strkjv@Micah:5:9
@ Thine
hand
shall be lifted
up
upon thine
adversaries
, and all thine
enemies
shall be cut
off
.
strkjv@Micah:5:10
@ And it shall come to pass in that
day
,
saith
the
LORD
, that I will cut
off
thy
horses
out of the
midst
of thee, and I will
destroy
thy
chariots
:
strkjv@Micah:5:11
@ And I will cut
off
the
cities
of thy
land
, and throw
down
all thy strong
holds
:
strkjv@Micah:5:12
@ And I will cut
off
witchcrafts
out of thine
hand
; and thou shalt have no more
soothsayers
:
strkjv@Micah:5:13
@ Thy graven
images
also will I cut
off
, and thy standing
images
out of the
midst
of thee; and thou shalt no more
worship
the
work
of thine
hands
.
strkjv@Micah:5:14
@ And I will pluck
up
thy
groves
out of the
midst
of thee: so will I
destroy
thy
cities
.
strkjv@Micah:5:15
@ And I will
execute
vengeance
in
anger
and
fury
upon the
heathen
, such as they have not
heard
.
strkjv@Micah:6:1
@
Hear
ye now what the
LORD
saith
;
Arise
,
contend
thou before the
mountains
, and let the
hills
hear
thy
voice
.
strkjv@Micah:6:2
@
Hear
ye, O
mountains
, the
LORDS
controversy
, and ye
strong
foundations
of the
earth
: for the
LORD
hath a
controversy
with his
people
, and he will
plead
with
Israel
.
strkjv@Micah:6:3
@ O my
people
, what have I
done
unto thee? and wherein have I
wearied
thee?
testify
against me.
strkjv@Micah:6:4
@ For I brought thee
up
out of the
land
of
Egypt
, and
redeemed
thee out of the
house
of
servants
; and I
sent
before
thee
Moses
,
Aaron
, and
Miriam
.
strkjv@Micah:6:5
@ O my
people
,
remember
now what
Balak
king
of
Moab
consulted
, and what
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
answered
him from
Shittim
unto
Gilgal
; that ye may
know
the
righteousness
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Micah:6:6
@ Wherewith shall I come
before
the
LORD
, and
bow
myself before the
high
God
? shall I come
before
him with burnt
offerings
, with
calves
of a
year
old
?
strkjv@Micah:6:7
@ Will the
LORD
be
pleased
with
thousands
of
rams
, or with ten
thousands
of
rivers
of
oil
? shall I
give
my
firstborn
for my
transgression
, the
fruit
of my
body
for the
sin
of my
soul
?
strkjv@Micah:6:8
@ He hath
shewed
thee, O
man
, what is
good
; and what doth the
LORD
require
of thee, but to
do
justly
, and to
love
mercy
, and to
walk
humbly
with thy
God
?
strkjv@Micah:6:9
@ The
LORDS
voice
crieth
unto the
city
, and the man of
wisdom
shall
see
thy
name
:
hear
ye the
rod
, and who hath
appointed
it.
strkjv@Micah:6:10
@ Are
there
yet the
treasures
of
wickedness
in the
house
of the
wicked
, and the
scant
measure
that is
abominable
?
strkjv@Micah:6:11
@ Shall I count them
pure
with the
wicked
balances
, and with the
bag
of
deceitful
weights
?
strkjv@Micah:6:12
@ For the rich
men
thereof are
full
of
violence
, and the
inhabitants
thereof have
spoken
lies
, and their
tongue
is
deceitful
in their
mouth
.
strkjv@Micah:6:13
@ Therefore also will I make thee
sick
in
smiting
thee, in making thee
desolate
because of thy
sins
.
strkjv@Micah:6:14
@ Thou shalt
eat
, but not be
satisfied
; and thy casting
down
shall be in the
midst
of thee; and thou shalt take
hold
, but shalt not
deliver
; and that which thou
deliverest
will I give
up
to the
sword
.
strkjv@Micah:6:15
@ Thou shalt
sow
, but thou shalt not
reap
; thou shalt
tread
the
olives
, but thou shalt not
anoint
thee with
oil
; and sweet
wine
, but shalt not
drink
wine
.
strkjv@Micah:6:16
@ For the
statutes
of
Omri
are
kept
, and all the
works
of the
house
of
Ahab
, and ye
walk
in their
counsels
; that I should
make
thee a
desolation
, and the
inhabitants
thereof an
hissing
: therefore ye shall
bear
the
reproach
of my
people
.
strkjv@Micah:7:1
@
Woe
is me! for I am as when they have
gathered
the summer
fruits
, as the
grapegleanings
of the
vintage
: there is no
cluster
to
eat
: my
soul
desired
the firstripe
fruit
.
strkjv@Micah:7:2
@ The
good
man is
perished
out of the
earth
: and there is none
upright
among
men
: they all lie in
wait
for
blood
; they
hunt
every
man
his
brother
with a
net
.
strkjv@Micah:7:3
@ That they may do
evil
with both
hands
earnestly
, the
prince
asketh
, and the
judge
asketh for a
reward
; and the
great
man, he
uttereth
his
mischievous
desire
: so they wrap it
up
.
strkjv@Micah:7:4
@ The
best
of them is as a
brier
: the most
upright
is sharper than a thorn
hedge
: the
day
of thy
watchmen
and thy
visitation
cometh
; now shall be their
perplexity
.
strkjv@Micah:7:5
@
Trust
ye not in a
friend
, put ye not
confidence
in a
guide
:
keep
the
doors
of thy
mouth
from her that
lieth
in thy
bosom
.
strkjv@Micah:7:6
@ For the
son
dishonoureth
the
father
, the
daughter
riseth
up
against her
mother
, the daughter in
law
against her mother in
law
; a
mans
enemies
are the
men
of his own
house
.
strkjv@Micah:7:7
@ Therefore I will
look
unto the
LORD
; I will
wait
for the
God
of my
salvation
: my
God
will
hear
me.
strkjv@Micah:7:8
@
Rejoice
not against me, O mine
enemy
: when I
fall
, I shall
arise
; when I
sit
in
darkness
, the
LORD
shall be a
light
unto me.
strkjv@Micah:7:9
@ I will
bear
the
indignation
of the
LORD
, because I have
sinned
against him, until he
plead
my
cause
, and
execute
judgment
for me: he will bring me
forth
to the
light
, and I shall
behold
his
righteousness
.
strkjv@Micah:7:10
@ Then she that is mine
enemy
shall
see
it, and
shame
shall
cover
her which
said
unto me, Where is the
LORD
thy
God
? mine
eyes
shall
behold
her: now shall she be trodden
down
as the
mire
of the
streets
.
strkjv@Micah:7:11
@ In the
day
that thy
walls
are to be
built
, in that
day
shall the
decree
be far
removed
.
strkjv@Micah:7:12
@ In that
day
also he shall
come
even to thee from
Assyria
, and from the
fortified
cities
, and from the
fortress
even to the
river
, and from
sea
to
sea
, and from
mountain
to
mountain
.
strkjv@Micah:7:13
@ Notwithstanding the
land
shall be
desolate
because of them that
dwell
therein, for the
fruit
of their
doings
.
strkjv@Micah:7:14
@
Feed
thy
people
with thy
rod
, the
flock
of thine
heritage
, which
dwell
solitarily
in the
wood
, in the
midst
of
Carmel
: let them
feed
in
Bashan
and
Gilead
, as in the
days
of
old
.
strkjv@Micah:7:15
@ According to the
days
of thy
coming
out of the
land
of
Egypt
will I
shew
unto him
marvellous
things.
strkjv@Micah:7:16
@ The
nations
shall
see
and be
confounded
at all their
might
: they shall
lay
their
hand
upon their
mouth
, their
ears
shall be
deaf
.
strkjv@Micah:7:17
@ They shall
lick
the
dust
like a
serpent
, they shall
move
out of their
holes
like
worms
of the
earth
: they shall be
afraid
of the
LORD
our
God
, and shall
fear
because of thee.
strkjv@Micah:7:18
@ Who is a
God
like unto thee, that
pardoneth
iniquity
, and passeth
by
the
transgression
of the
remnant
of his
heritage
? he
retaineth
not his
anger
for
ever
, because he
delighteth
in
mercy
.
strkjv@Micah:7:19
@ He will turn
again
, he will have
compassion
upon us; he will
subdue
our
iniquities
; and thou wilt
cast
all their
sins
into the
depths
of the
sea
.
strkjv@Micah:7:20
@ Thou wilt
perform
the
truth
to
Jacob
, and the
mercy
to
Abraham
, which thou hast
sworn
unto our
fathers
from the
days
of
old
.
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