Micah 1 - Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

1 The word of the Lord that came(A) to Micah(B) the Moreshite(C)—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham,(D) Ahaz,(E) and Hezekiah,(F) kings of Judah.

Coming Judgment on Israel

2 Listen, all you peoples;(G)
pay attention, earth[a] and everyone in it!(H)
The Lord God will be a witness against you,(I)
the Lord, from his holy temple.(J)
3 Look, the Lord is leaving his place(K)
and coming down to trample
the heights[b] of the earth.(L)
4 The mountains will melt beneath him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,(M)
like water cascading down a mountainside.
5 All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion
and the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Isn’t it Samaria?(N)
And what is the high place of Judah?(O)
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruins(P) in the countryside,
a planting area(Q) for a vineyard.
I will roll her stones(R) into the valley
and expose her foundations.(S)
7 All her carved images will be smashed(T) to pieces;
all her wages(U) will be burned in the fire,
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,(V)
they will be used again for a prostitute.

Micah’s Lament

8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.(W)
I will howl like the jackals(X)
and mourn like ostriches.[c]
9 For her wound is incurable(Y)
and has reached even Judah;(Z)
it has approached my people’s city gate,(AA)
as far as Jerusalem.

10 Don’t announce it in Gath,(AB)
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11 Depart in shameful nakedness,(AC)
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan(AD) will not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support[d] is taken from you.
12 Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,(AE)
disaster has come from the Lord(AF)
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.(AG)
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion
because Israel’s acts of rebellion(AH) can be traced to you.
14 Therefore, send farewell gifts(AI) to Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib(AJ) are a deception(AK)
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.(AL)
The nobility[e] of Israel will come to Adullam.(AM)
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair(AN)
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Or land
  2. 1:3 Or high places
  3. 1:8 Or eagle owls; lit daughters of the desert
  4. 1:11 Lit its standing place; Hb obscure
  5. 1:15 Lit glory

Cross references

  1. 1:1 : Hs 1:1; Jl 1:1; Zph 1:1
  2. 1:1 : 2Ch 29:5–11; 32:24–26; Jr 26:18
  3. 1:1 : Mc 1:14
  4. 1:1 : 2Kg 15:5,32–38; 2Ch 27:1–9; Is 1:1; Hs 1:1
  5. 1:1 : 2Kg 16:1–20; 2Ch 28:1–27; Is 7:1–12
  6. 1:1 : 2Kg 18:1–20; 2Ch 29:1–31
  7. 1:2 : 1Kg 22:28; 2Ch 18:27; Jr 6:19; 22:29
  8. 1:2 : Ps 24:1; Is 34:1; Jr 47:2
  9. 1:2 : 1Sm 12:5–6; Ps 50:7; Jr 42:5; Mal 3:5
  10. 1:2 : Ps 11:4; Hab 2:20
  11. 1:3 : Is 26:21
  12. 1:3 : Am 4:13
  13. 1:4 : Ps 97:5; Is 64:1–2; Nah 1:5
  14. 1:5 : Is 7:9; Am 8:14
  15. 1:5 : 2Ch 34:3–4
  16. 1:6 : Mc 3:12
  17. 1:6 : Jr 31:5; Am 5:11
  18. 1:6 : Lm 4:1
  19. 1:6 : Ezk 13:14
  20. 1:7 : Dt 9:21; 2Ch 34:7
  21. 1:7 : Dt 23:18
  22. 1:7 : Dt 23:18
  23. 1:8 : Is 20:2–4; 32:11
  24. 1:8 : Is 13:21–22
  25. 1:9 : Is 3:26; Jr 30:12,15
  26. 1:9 : 2Kg 18:13–16; 19:31–37; Is 8:7–8
  27. 1:9 : Mc 1:12
  28. 1:10 : 2Sm 1:20
  29. 1:11 : Ezk 23:29
  30. 1:11 : Jos 15:37
  31. 1:12 : Is 59:9–11; Jr 14:19
  32. 1:12 : Jdg 2:15; 2Kg 17:7; 21:12; Is 45:7; Mc 2:3
  33. 1:13 : Jos 10:3; 2Kg 14:19; Is 36:2
  34. 1:13 : Mc 1:5
  35. 1:14 : 2Kg 16:8
  36. 1:14 : Jos 15:44
  37. 1:14 : Jr 15:18
  38. 1:15 : Jos 15:44
  39. 1:15 : Jos 12:15; 15:35; 1Sm 22:1; 2Sm 23:13
  40. 1:16 : Jb 1:20; Is 22:12; Jr 7:29
  41. 1:16 : 2Kg 17:6; Am 7:11,17

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