Micah:1-2
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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 .
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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 .
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For ,
behold ,
the LORD cometh forth out of his place ,
and will come down ,
and tread upon the high places of the earth .
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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 .
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For the transgression of Jacob is all this ,
and for the sins of the house of Israel Yisra #
el #.
What is the transgression of Jacob Ya #
aqob #?
is it not Samaria ?
and what are the high places of Judah ?
are they not Jerusalem ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 bath #
ya #
anah #.
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For her wound is incurable ;
for it is come unto Judah ;
he is come unto the gate of my people ,
even to Jerusalem .
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Declare ye it not at Gath ,
weep ye not at all :
in the house of Aphrah Beyth l @-#
Aphrah #
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thyself in the dust .
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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 -#
etsel #;
he shall receive of you his standing .
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good :
but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem .
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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 .
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Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath Mowresheth :
the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee ,
O inhabitant of Mareshah Mar #
eshah #:
he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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Make thee bald ,
and poll thee for thy delicate children ;
enlarge thy baldness as the eagle ;
for they are gone into captivity from thee .
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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 .
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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 .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD ;
Behold ,
against this family do I devise an evil ,
from which ye shall not remove your necks tsavva #
r #;
neither shall ye go haughtily :
for this time is evil .
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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 .
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Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD .
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Prophesy ye not ,
say they to them that prophesy :
they shall not prophesy to them ,
that they shall not take shame .
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O thou that art named the house of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
is the spirit of the LORD straitened ?
are these his doings ma #
alal #?
do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly ?
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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 .
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The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses ;
from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever .
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Arise ye ,
and depart ;
for this is not your rest :
because it is polluted ,
it shall destroy you ,
even with a sore destruction .
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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 .
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I will surely assemble ,
O Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
all of thee ;
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel Yisra #
el #;
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 .
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The breaker is come up before them :
they have broken up ,
and have passed through the gate sha #
ar #,
and are gone out by it :
and their king shall pass before them ,
and the LORD on the head of them .
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And I said ,
Hear ,
I pray you ,
O heads of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and ye princes of the house of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Is it not for you to know judgment ?