Micah
Micah 1
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Micah 1 — Scripture text (King James Version)
of the LORD that came to the in the days of , , and , kings of , which he saw concerning and . 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 . 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 is all this, and for the sins of the house of . What is the transgression of ? is it not ? and what are the high places of ? are they not ? Therefore I will make 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. For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto ; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to . Declare ye it not at , weep ye not at all: in the house of roll thyself in the dust. Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of , having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of came not forth in the mourning of -ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. For the inhabitant of waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of . O thou inhabitant of , bind the to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of : for the transgressions of were found in thee. Therefore shalt thou give presents to -: the houses of shall be a lie to the kings of . Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of : he shall come unto the of . Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the ; for they are gone into captivity from thee.