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 .
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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 .
What is the transgression of Jacob ?
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 .
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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 roll 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 ;
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 :
the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel .
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee ,
O inhabitant of Mareshah :
he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel .
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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 .