Micah 1:1-5

New Living Translation

1 The Lord gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.

Grief over Samaria and Jerusalem

²Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!
    Let the earth and everything in it hear.
The Sovereign Lord is making accusations against you;
    the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.
³Look! The Lord is coming!
    He leaves his throne in heaven
    and tramples the heights of the earth.
⁴The mountains melt beneath his feet
    and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
    like water pouring down a hill.
⁵And why is this happening?
    Because of the rebellion of Israel^[a]—
    yes, the sins of the whole nation.
Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion?
    Samaria, its capital city!
Where is the center of idolatry in Judah?
    In Jerusalem, its capital!

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Footnotes

1:5 Hebrew Jacob; also in 1:5b. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.