The 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.
Michaias
Μιχαιαν
michaian
Mōrasthi
Μωρασθι
mōrasthi
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
temple.
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.
from underneath
ὑποκάτωθεν
hypokatōthen
hollow
κοιλάδες
koilades
bees-wax
κηρὸς
kēros
For 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?
Therefore 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.
guard hut
ὀπωροφυλάκιον
opōrophylakion
pull down
κατασπάσω
kataspasō
chaos
χάος
chaos
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.
carved
γλυπτὰ
glypta
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.
barefoot
ἀνυπόδετος
anypodetos
siren
σειρήνων
seirēnōn
For her wound
is incurable;
for it is come
unto Judah;
he is come
unto the gate
of my people,
even to Jerusalem.
Declare
ye it not at Gath,
weep
ye not at all:
in the house of Aphrah
roll
thyself in the dust.
Pass 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.
For the inhabitant
of Maroth
waited carefully
for good:
but evil
came down
from the LORD
unto the gate
of Jerusalem.
O 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.
any inarticulate sound
ψόφος
psophos
horseman
ἱππευόντων
hippeuontōn
Lachis
Λαχις
lachis
Therefore shalt thou give
presents
to Moreshethgath:
the houses
of Achzib
shall be a lie
to the kings
of Israel.
Yet will I bring
an heir
unto thee, O inhabitant
of Mareshah:
he shall come
unto Adullam
the glory
of Israel.
Make thee bald,
and poll
thee for thy delicate
children;
enlarge
thy baldness
as the eagle;
for they are gone into captivity
from thee.
