Micah 1:2
The Judge is Coming Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The Sovereign LORD will act as a witness against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.
The Judge is Coming Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The Sovereign LORD will act as a witness against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.
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1¶ Introduction This is the LORD’s message that came to Micah of Moresheth during the time of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
1The Lord Will Judge Edom Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.
1The Lord Demands Justice, not Ritual Listen to what the LORD says:“Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!”
2Hear the LORD’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the LORD has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!
3“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!
13Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The Sovereign LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking!
1For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites. Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!
10Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
1The Lord, not Idols, is the Only Worthy Object of Worship You people of Israel, listen to what the LORD has to say to you.
4The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors Now listen to what the LORD’s message, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.
1The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!
17Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,
18“Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.”’
2Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
1Announcement of Sin and Judgment Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
28Micaiah said,“If you really do safely return, then the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added,“Take note, all you people.”
18So the LORD said,“Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.
15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.
9Listen! The LORD is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O LORD! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!
1The Future Glory of Jerusalem Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.
29O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to the LORD’s message!
3All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
1The Lord’s Covenant Lawsuit against the Nation Israel Listen to the LORD’s message, you Israelites! For the LORD has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.
1Micah Makes His Own Religion There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
1Invocation of Witnesses Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
20But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”
19Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.
2God Will Judge the Surrounding Nations Amos said:“The LORD comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”
1The Repentance of Judah This is an oracle, the LORD’s message concerning Israel: The LORD– he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person– says,
3Say,‘Listen to the LORD’s message, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, has said,“Look here. I am about to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring!
27Micaiah said,“If you really do return safely, then the LORD has not spoken through me!” Then he added,“Take note, all you people.”
7He says:“Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!
8I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!
4Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.
9Samaria Will Fall Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this:“Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it.”
2“Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.
6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!
2A Locust Plague Foreshadows the Day of the Lord Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors?
23Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!
18Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
9All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’
1Every Effect has its Cause Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
11Warnings to the Royal Court The LORD told me to say to the royal court of Judah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,
20And then announce to them,‘Listen to the LORD’s message, you kings of Judah, and everyone from Judah, and all you citizens of Jerusalem, those who pass through these gates.
12Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.
17Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”
2Say:‘Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David’s succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to the LORD’s message.
7But listen to what I say to you and to all these people.
1A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!