Micah:1

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* The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Mo 'resheth in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezeki 'ah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Sama 'ria and Jerusalem . * Hear , you peoples , all of you ; hearken , O earth , and all that is in it ; and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you , the Lord from his holy temple . * For behold , the LORD is coming forth out of his place , and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth . * And the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be cleft , like wax before the fire , like waters poured down a steep place . * All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel . What is the transgression of Jacob ? Is it not Sama 'ria ? And what is the sin of the house of Judah ? Is it not Jerusalem ? * Therefore I will make Sama 'ria a heap in the open country , a place for planting vineyards ; and I will pour down her stones into the valley , and uncover her foundations . * All her images shall be beaten to pieces , all her hires shall be burned with fire , and all her idols I will lay waste ; for from the hire of a harlot she gathered them , and to the hire of a harlot they shall return . * For this I will lament and wail ; I will go stripped and naked ; I will make lamentation like the jackals , and mourning like the ostriches . * For her wound is incurable ; and it has come to Judah , it has reached to the gate of my people , to Jerusalem . * Tell it not in Gath , weep not at all ; in Beth-le-aph 'rah roll yourselves in the dust . * Pass on your way , inhabitants of Shaphir , in nakedness and shame ; the inhabitants of Za 'anan do not come forth ; the wailing of Beth-e 'zel shall take away from you its standing place . * For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good , because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem . * Harness the steeds to the chariots , inhabitants of Lachish ; you were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion , for in you were found the transgressions of Israel . * Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Mo 'resheth-gath ; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel . * I will again bring a conqueror upon you , inhabitants of Mare 'shah ; the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam . * Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair , for the children of your delight ; make yourselves as bald as the eagle , for they shall go from you into exile .

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