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  1:1 ¶
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. |
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1:1 ¶
The wordº
of the LORDº
thatº
cameº
toº
Micahº
the Morasthiteº
in the daysº
of Jotham,º
Ahaz,º
[and] Hezekiah,º
kingsº
of Judah,º
whichº
he sawºº
concerningº
Samariaº
and Jerusalem.º |
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1:2
Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. |
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1:2
Hear,ºº
allº
ye people;º
hearken,ºº
O earth,º
and all that thereinº
is:º
and let the Lordº
GODº
beº
witnessº
against you, the Lordº
from his holyº
temple.ºº |
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1:3
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. |
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1:3
For,º
behold,º
the LORDº
cometh forthºº
out of his place,ºº
and will come down,ºº
and treadºº
uponº
the high placesº
of the earth.º |
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1:4
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place. |
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1:4
And the mountainsº
shall be moltenºº
underº
him, and the valleysº
shall be cleft,ºº
as waxº
beforeºº
the fire,º
[and] as the watersº
[that are] pouredºº
downº
a steep place.º |
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1:5
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? |
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1:5
For the transgressionº
of Jacobº
[is] allº
this,º
and for the sinsº
of the houseº
of Israel.º
Whatº
[is] the transgressionº
of Jacob?º
[is it] notº
Samaria?º
and whatº
[are] the high placesº
of Judah?º
[are they] notº
Jerusalem?º |
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1:6
Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof. |
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1:6
Therefore I will makeºº
Samariaº
as an heapº
of the field,º
[and] as plantingsº
of a vineyard:º
and I will pour downºº
the stonesº
thereof into the valley,º
and I will discoverºº
the foundationsº
thereof. |
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1:7
And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return. |
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1:7
And allº
the graven imagesº
thereof shall be beaten to pieces,ºº
and allº
the hiresº
thereof shall be burnedºº
with the fire,º
and allº
the idolsº
thereof will I layºº
desolate:º
forº
she gatheredºº
[it] of the hireºº
of an harlot,ºº
and they shall returnºº
toº
the hireº
of an harlot.ºº |
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1:8
For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. |
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1:8
Thereforeºº
I will wailºº
and howl,ºº
I will goººº
strippedºº
and naked:º
I will makeºº
a wailingº
like the dragons,ºº
and mourningº
as the owls.ºº |
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1:9
For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. |
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1:9
Forº
her woundº
[is] incurable;ºº
forº
it is comeºº
untoº
Judah;º
he is comeºº
untoº
the gateº
of my people,º
[even] toº
Jerusalem.º |
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1:10 ¶
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. |
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1:10 ¶
Declareºº
ye [it] notº
at Gath,º
weepºº
ye not at all:ººº
in the houseº
of Aphrahº
rollºººº
thyselfº
in the dust.º |
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1:11
Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof. |
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1:11
Pass ye away,ºº
thou inhabitantºº
of Saphir,º
having thy shameº
naked:º
the inhabitantºº
of Zaananº
came not forthººº
in the mourningº
of Bethezel;º
he shall receiveºº
ofº
you his standing.º |
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1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem. |
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1:12
Forº
the inhabitantºº
of Marothº
waited carefullyººº
for good:º
butº
evilº
came downºº
fromºº
the LORDº
unto the gateº
of Jerusalem.º |
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1:13
Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. |
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1:13
O thou inhabitantºº
of Lachish,º
bindºº
the chariotº
to the swift beast:º
sheº
[is] the beginningº
of the sinº
to the daughterº
of Zion:º
forº
the transgressionsº
of Israelº
were foundºº
in thee. |
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1:14
Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel. |
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1:14
Thereforeº
shalt thou giveºº
presentsº
toº
Moreshethgath:º
the housesº
of Achzibº
[shall be] a lieº
to the kingsº
of Israel.º |
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1:15
I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam. |
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1:15
Yetº
will I bringºº
an heirºº
unto thee, O inhabitantºº
of Mareshah:º
he shall comeºº
untoº
Adullamº
the gloryº
of Israel.º |
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1:16
Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. |
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1:16
Make thee bald,ºº
and pollºº
thee forº
thy delicateº
children;º
enlargeºº
thy baldnessº
as the eagle;º
forº
they are gone into captivityºº
fromº
thee. |
