The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} that came to Micah{H4318} the Morashtite{H4183} in the days{H3117} of Jotham,{H3147} Ahaz,{H271} and Hezekiah,{H3169} kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} which he saw{H2372} concerning Samaria{H8111} and Jerusalem.{H3389}

Hear,{H8085} ye peoples,{H5971} all of you: hearken,{H7181} O earth,{H776} and all that therein{H4393} is: and let the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} be witness{H5707} against you, the Lord{H136} from his holy{H6944} temple.{H1964}

For, behold, Jehovah{H3068} cometh forth{H3318} out of his place,{H4725} and will come down,{H3381} and tread{H1869} upon the high places{H1116} of the earth.{H776}

And the mountains{H2022} shall be melted{H4549} under him, and the valleys{H6010} shall be cleft,{H1234} as wax{H1749} before{H6440} the fire,{H784} as waters{H4325} that are poured{H5064} down a steep place.{H4174}

For the transgression{H6588} of Jacob{H3290} is all this, and for the sins{H2403} of the house{H1004} of Israel.{H3478} What is the transgression{H6588} of Jacob?{H3290} is it not Samaria?{H8111} and what are the high places{H1116} of Judah?{H3063} are they not Jerusalem?{H3389}

Therefore I will make{H7760} Samaria{H8111} as a heap{H5856} of the field,{H7704} [and] as places for planting vineyards;{H3754} and I will pour down{H5064} the stones{H68} thereof into the valley,{H1516} and I will uncover{H1540} the foundations{H3247} thereof.

And all her graven images{H6456} shall be beaten to pieces,{H3807} and all her hires{H868} shall be burned{H8313} with fire,{H784} and all her idols{H6091} will I lay{H7760} desolate;{H8077} for of the hire{H868} of a harlot{H2181} hath she gathered{H6908} them, and unto the hire{H868} of a harlot{H2181} shall they return.{H7725}

For this will I lament{H5594} and wail;{H5594} I will go{H3212} stripped{H7758} and naked;{H6174} I will make{H6213} a wailing{H4553} like the jackals,{H8577} and a lamentation{H60} like the ostriches.{H1323}

For her wounds{H4347} are incurable;{H605} for it is come{H935} even unto Judah;{H3063} it reacheth{H5060} unto the gate{H8179} of my people,{H5971} even to Jerusalem.{H3389}

Tell{H5046} it not in Gath,{H1661} weep{H1058} not at all:{H1058} at Beth-le-aphrah{H1036} have I rolled{H6428} myself in the dust.{H6083}

Pass away,{H5674} O inhabitant{H3427} of Shaphir,{H8208} in nakedness{H6181} and shame:{H1322} the inhabitant{H3427} of Zaanan{H6630} is not come forth;{H3318} the wailing{H4553} of Beth-ezel{H1018} shall take{H3947} from you the stay{H5979} thereof.

For the inhabitant{H3427} of Maroth{H4796} waiteth anxiously{H2342} for good,{H2896} because evil{H7451} is come down{H3381} from Jehovah{H3068} unto the gate{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

Bind{H7573} the chariot{H4818} to the swift steed,{H7409} O inhabitant{H3427} of Lachish:{H3923} she was the beginning{H7225} of sin{H2403} to the daughter{H1323} of Zion;{H6726} for the transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478} were found{H4672} in thee.

Therefore shalt thou give{H5414} a parting gift{H7964} to Moresheth-gath:{H4182} the houses{H1004} of Achzib{H392} shall be a deceitful thing{H391} unto the kings{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

I will yet bring{H935} unto thee, O inhabitant{H3427} of Mareshah,{H4762} him{H3423} that shall possess thee: the glory{H3519} of Israel{H3478} shall come{H935} even unto Adullam.{H5725}

Make thee bald,{H7139} and cut off{H1494} thy hair for the children{H1121} of thy delight:{H8588} enlarge{H7337} thy baldness{H7144} as the eagle;{H5404} for they are gone into captivity{H1540} from thee.