My LORD’s BibleMicah 1
1The 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.
דְּבַר־יְהוָה ׀ אֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֶל־מִיכָה הַמֹּרַשְׁתִּי בִּימֵי יֹותָם אָחָז יְחִזְקִיָּה מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר־חָזָה עַל־שֹׁמְרֹון וִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (4427)
See also: Jeremiah 26:18, Isaiah 1:1, Hosea 1:1, Luke 3:2, Amos 1:1, 2 Chronicles 27:1-9, Proverbs 25:1, Isaiah 2:1, Jeremiah 1:2, Ezekiel 46:18, 2 Kings 16:1, 2 Kings 16:20, 2 Chronicles 28:1, 2 Chronicles 29:1, Isaiah 7:9, Isaiah 9:8, Jeremiah 26:17, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 5:5-14, Hosea 6:10-11
2Hear, 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.
שִׁמְעוּ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם הַקְשִׁיבִי אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ וִיהִי אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה בָּכֶם לְעֵד אֲדֹנָי מֵהֵיכַל קָדְשֹׁו׃ (2334)
See also: Micah 6:1, Jeremiah 22:29, Habakkuk 2:20, Isaiah 1:2, Deuteronomy 4:26, 1 Kings 22:28, Psalms 11:4, Malachi 2:14, Genesis 31:50, Psalms 49:1, 1 Samuel 24:15, Psalms 50:7, Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 42:5, Jonah 2:7, Malachi 3:5, Mark 7:14-15, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22
3For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
כִּי־הִנֵּה יְהוָה יֹצֵא מִמְּקֹומֹו וְיָרַד וְדָרַךְ עַל־ [בָּמֹותֵי כ] (בָּמֳתֵי ק) אָרֶץ׃ (2320)
See also: Psalms 97:5, Isaiah 64:1, Zechariah 14:4, Amos 4:13, Isaiah 26:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Psalms 114:4, Genesis 18:21, Psalms 115:3, Amos 8:8, Amos 9:5, Habakkuk 3:19, Deuteronomy 33:29, 1 Samuel 22:1, Job 40:12, Psalms 74:3, Isaiah 2:10-19, Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 25:10, Ezekiel 3:12
4And 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.
וְנָמַסּוּ הֶהָרִים תַּחְתָּיו וְהָעֲמָקִים יִתְבַּקָּעוּ כַּדֹּונַג מִפְּנֵי הָאֵשׁ כְּמַיִם מֻגָּרִים בְּמֹורָד׃ (3329)
See also: Micah 6:1, 2 Peter 3:12, Psalms 68:2, Nahum 1:5, 2 Peter 3:10, Psalms 46:3, Psalms 97:5, Psalms 46:6, Judges 5:4, Isaiah 64:1-3, Amos 9:5, Habakkuk 3:6, Habakkuk 3:10, Deuteronomy 32:22, Psalms 95:4, Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 17:3, Isaiah 30:30, Jeremiah 10:10, Zechariah 4:7
5For 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?
בְּפֶשַׁע יַעֲקֹב כָּל־זֹאת וּבְחַטֹּאות בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי־פֶשַׁע יַעֲקֹב הֲלֹוא שֹׁמְרֹון וּמִי בָּמֹות יְהוּדָה הֲלֹוא יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (4959)
See also: Jeremiah 2:19, Amos 8:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16, 1 Kings 13:32, 2 Kings 17:7-23, 2 Chronicles 28:2-4, 2 Chronicles 28:23-25, Isaiah 50:1-2, Isaiah 59:1-15, Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 6:19, Lamentations 5:16, Hosea 10:8, 2 Kings 16:3-4, 2 Kings 16:10-12, 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, Jeremiah 5:25, Jeremiah 17:3, Ezekiel 16:46
6Therefore 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.
וְשַׂמְתִּי שֹׁמְרֹון לְעִי הַשָּׂדֶה לְמַטָּעֵי כָרֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּי לַגַּי אֲבָנֶיהָ וִיסֹדֶיהָ אֲגַלֶּה׃ (3064)
See also: Ezekiel 13:14, Micah 3:12, 2 Kings 19:25, Isaiah 17:1, Lamentations 4:1, Deuteronomy 13:16, 2 Samuel 17:13, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 18:10, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 25:12, Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 51:37, Hosea 13:16, Amos 3:14, Amos 5:11, Amos 6:8, Habakkuk 3:13
7And 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.
וְכָל־פְּסִילֶיהָ יֻכַּתּוּ וְכָל־אֶתְנַנֶּיהָ יִשָּׂרְפוּ בָאֵשׁ וְכָל־עֲצַבֶּיהָ אָשִׂים שְׁמָמָה כִּי מֵאֶתְנַן זֹונָה קִבָּצָה וְעַד־אֶתְנַן זֹונָה יָשׁוּבוּ׃ (4936)
See also: Deuteronomy 23:18, 1 Samuel 5:4, Ezekiel 6:6, Hosea 2:12, Hosea 8:6, Hosea 10:5-6, Revelation 18:3, Leviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 9:21, 2 Kings 23:14-15, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 34:6-7, Isaiah 23:17, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 44:17-18, Ezekiel 16:33, Hosea 2:5, Joel 3:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:12-13
8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
עַל־זֹאת אֶסְפְּדָה וְאֵילִילָה אֵילְכָה [שִׁילַל כ] (שֹׁולָל ק) וְעָרֹום אֶעֱשֶׂה מִסְפֵּד כַּתַּנִּים וְאֵבֶל כִּבְנֹות יַעֲנָה׃ (3726)
See also: Job 30:29, 1 Samuel 19:24, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 22:4, Ezekiel 32:18, Esther 4:1, Psalms 102:6, Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 16:9, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 32:11, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:19, Jeremiah 46:22, Jeremiah 48:36-39, Ezekiel 21:12, Ezekiel 27:31
9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
כִּי אֲנוּשָׁה מַכֹּותֶיהָ כִּי־בָאָה עַד־יְהוּדָה נָגַע עַד־שַׁעַר עַמִּי עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (2562)
See also: Nahum 3:19, Genesis 22:17, Jeremiah 15:18, Jeremiah 30:11-15, Jeremiah 46:11, Micah 1:12, 2 Chronicles 32:1-23, Isaiah 8:7-8, 2 Kings 18:9-13, Isaiah 1:5-6, Isaiah 3:26, Isaiah 10:28-32, Isaiah 24:12, Isaiah 37:22-36, Jeremiah 30:15, Hosea 5:13
10Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
בְּגַת אַל־תַּגִּידוּ בָּכֹו אַל־תִּבְכּוּ בְּבֵית לְעַפְרָה עָפָר [הִתְפַּלָּשְׁתִּי כ] (הִתְפַּלָּשִׁי׃ ק) (4665)
See also: 2 Samuel 1:20, Jeremiah 6:26, Joshua 18:23, Job 2:8, Psalms 102:9, Lamentations 3:29, Ezekiel 27:30, Amos 5:13, Amos 6:10, Jonah 3:6
11Pass 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.
עִבְרִי לָכֶם יֹושֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר עֶרְיָה־בֹשֶׁת לֹא יָצְאָה יֹושֶׁבֶת צַאֲנָן מִסְפַּד בֵּית הָאֵצֶל יִקַּח מִכֶּם עֶמְדָּתֹו׃ (5173)
See also: Revelation 3:18, Exodus 32:25, Isaiah 3:17, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 16:2, Isaiah 47:2-3, Jeremiah 13:22, Jeremiah 48:6, Jeremiah 48:9, Lamentations 4:21, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 23:29, Micah 1:8, Nahum 3:5
12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
כִּי־חָלָה לְטֹוב יֹושֶׁבֶת מָרֹות כִּי־יָרַד רָע מֵאֵת יְהוָה לְשַׁעַר יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (3651)
See also: Jeremiah 14:19, Amos 3:6, Micah 1:9, Job 30:26, Isaiah 45:7, Isaiah 59:9-11, Jeremiah 8:15, Ruth 1:20, 1 Samuel 4:13, Isaiah 24:12, Jeremiah 5:27, Ezekiel 7:25
13O 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.
רְתֹם הַמֶּרְכָּבָה לָרֶכֶשׁ יֹושֶׁבֶת לָכִישׁ רֵאשִׁית חַטָּאת הִיא לְבַת־צִיֹּון כִּי־בָךְ נִמְצְאוּ פִּשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (5713)
See also: 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 4:28, 2 Kings 18:17, Joshua 10:3, 2 Chronicles 32:9, Hosea 10:8, Genesis 19:17, Exodus 32:21, Joshua 10:31, Joshua 15:39, 1 Kings 13:33-34, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 16:31, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 9:21, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Kings 16:3-4, 2 Kings 18:13-14, 2 Kings 19:8, 2 Chronicles 11:9
14Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
לָכֵן תִּתְּנִי שִׁלּוּחִים עַל מֹורֶשֶׁת גַּת בָּתֵּי אַכְזִיב לְאַכְזָב לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3986)
See also: Joshua 15:44, 2 Kings 16:8, Psalms 118:8-9, Joshua 19:29, 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Kings 18:14-16, 2 Chronicles 16:1-3, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 146:3-4, Isaiah 30:6, Jeremiah 15:18, Micah 1:1
15Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
עֹד הַיֹּרֵשׁ אָבִי לָךְ יֹושֶׁבֶת מָרֵשָׁה עַד־עֲדֻלָּם יָבֹוא כְּבֹוד יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2725)
See also: Joshua 15:44, 1 Samuel 22:1, Genesis 38:1, Joshua 15:35, Micah 2:4, Joshua 12:15, 2 Samuel 23:13, 1 Chronicles 11:15, 2 Chronicles 11:7, 2 Chronicles 14:9, Nehemiah 11:30, Isaiah 7:17-25, Isaiah 10:3, Isaiah 10:5-6, Jeremiah 49:1
16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
קָרְחִי וָגֹזִּי עַל־בְּנֵי תַּעֲנוּגָיִךְ הַרְחִבִי קָרְחָתֵךְ כַּנֶּשֶׁר כִּי גָלוּ מִמֵּךְ׃ (2757)
See also: Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 3:24, Job 1:20, Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 47:5, Jeremiah 16:6, Amos 8:10, Leviticus 21:5, Deuteronomy 28:41, Deuteronomy 28:56-57, 2 Kings 17:6, Ezra 9:3, Isaiah 3:16-26, Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 39:6-7, Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 48:37, Lamentations 4:5-8, Leviticus 10:6, Ezekiel 27:31