Micah:1

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* 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 . * Hear , all ye peoples ; hearken , O earth , and all that is therein : and the Lord GOD , the Lord from his holy temple shall be [a ] witness against you . * For , behold , the LORD comes forth out of his place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth . * And the mountains shall melt under him , and the valleys shall be split , as wax before the fire , [and ] as the waters [that ] run down a steep place . * All this for the rebellion of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel . What [is ] the rebellion of Jacob ? [is it ] not Samaria ? and what [are ] the high places of Judah ? [are they ] not Jerusalem ? * Therefore I will make Samaria into heaps in the field , into a land of vineyards : and I will scatter her stones throughout the valley , and I will uncover her foundations . * And all her graven images shall be broken to pieces , and all her gifts shall be burned in the fire , and I will destroy all her idols , for she gathered [it ] of the gifts of harlots , and they shall return unto gifts of harlots . * 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 . * For her wound [is ] painful , for it is come unto Judah ; it is come unto the gate of my people , [even ] to Jerusalem . * Do not declare [it ] in Gath , weep little ; roll thyself in the dust for the house of Aphrah . * Pass away naked with shame , thou inhabitant of Saphir : the inhabitant of Zaanan did not come forth in the mourning of Bethezel ; he shall receive of you for his lateness . * For the inhabitant of Maroth was pained because of good ; therefore evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem . * O thou inhabitant of Lachish , hitch the chariot to dromedaries : for thou [wert ] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion , for in thee the rebellions of Israel were invented . * Therefore shalt thou give gifts to Moreshethgath ; the houses of Achzib [shall be ] a lie to the kings of Israel . * Yet will I bring an heir unto thee , O inhabitant of Mareshah ; the glory of Israel shall come unto Adullam . * Make thee bald , and shave thee for the sons of thy delight ; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle , for they are gone into captivity from thee .:

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