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 people ; hearken , O earth , and all that therein is : and let the Lord GOD be witness against you , the Lord from his holy temple . * For , behold , the LORD cometh forth out of his place , and will come down , and tread upon the high places of the earth . * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 . * 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 #. * For her wound is incurable ; for it is come unto Judah ; he is come unto the gate of my people , even to Jerusalem . * Declare ye it not at Gath , weep ye not at all : in the house of Aphrah Beyth l @-#Aphrah # roll (8675 ) thyself in the dust . * 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 . * For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good : but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem . * 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 . * Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath Mowresheth : the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 #. * 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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