Micah 1
1:1And came to pass the word of the lord to Micah the one of the Morasthite, in the days of Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, over what he saw concerning Samaria and concerning Jerusalem.
1:2Hear, O peoples, all the words! and take heed, O earth, and all the ones in it! Even the lord God will be among you for a testimony -- the lord from out of his holy house.
1:3For behold, the lord goes forth from out of his place, and he will go down, and will mount upon the heights of the earth.
1:4And the mountains shall be shaken from beneath him, and the valleys shall melt away as beeswax from in front of fire, and as water being carried down in a descent.
1:5All these things are on account of the impiety of Jacob, and because of the sin of the house of Israel. What is the impiety of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the sin of the house of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
1:6And I will make Samaria for a storehouse of fruits of the field, and for planting a vineyard. And I will tear down in chaos her stones; and her foundations I will uncover.
1:7And all her carved images I will cut in pieces, and all her hires shall burn in fire, and all her idols I shall establish for extinction, because she gathered together of the hires of harlotry, and of the hires of harlotry he eradicated.
1:8Because of this she shall beat her chest and wail. She shall go barefoot and naked. She shall make a beating of the breast as dragons, and mourning as the daughters of sirens.
1:9For her calamity holds firmly; because it went unto Judah; and it touched unto the gate of my people, unto Jerusalem.
1:10O ones in Gath, do not magnify yourselves! And, O ones in Baceim, do not rebuild of your house with laughter! Strew earth on your laughter!
1:11Her inhabiting well her cities did not come forth. Her inhabiting Zaanan to beat her chest for the house next to her; she shall receive from your calamity of grief.
1:12Who began to act for good to her dwelling in griefs? for bad things came down from the lord upon the gates of Jerusalem;
1:13even noise of chariots and ones riding. Dwelling Lachish the head of sin is to the daughter of Zion; for in you they found the impious deeds of Israel.
1:14On account of this he shall grant ones to be sent forth unto the inheritance of Gath, the vain houses; for they became vanity to the kings of Israel;
1:15until they should bring the heirs to you, O inhabitant of Lachish, your inheritance. Unto Adullam glory of the daughter of Israel shall come.
1:16Shave and shear for your delightful children, widening your shaving as an eagle, for they were taken captive from you.