Micah 1

New American Standard Bible

Destruction in Israel and Judah

1 The ^(A)word of the Lord which came to ^(B)Micah of Moresheth in the days of ^(C)Jotham, ^(D)Ahaz, and ^(E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

²Hear, you peoples, all of ^[a]you;
^(F)Listen carefully, earth and ^[b]all it contains,
And may the Lord ^[c]God be a ^(G)witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
³For behold, the Lord is ^(H)coming forth from His place.
He will come down and ^(I)tread on the high places of the ^[d]earth.
⁴^(J)The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.
⁵All this is due to the ^[e]wrongdoing of Jacob
And the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the ^[f]^(K)wrongdoing of Jacob?
Is it not ^(L)Samaria?
What is the ^(M)high ^[g]place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
⁶For I will make Samaria a ^(N)heap of ruins ^[h]in the open country,
^(O)Planting places for a vineyard.
I will ^(P)hurl her stones down into the valley,
And ^(Q)lay bare her foundations.
⁷All of her ^(R)idols will be crushed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire,
And all of her images I will make desolate;
For she collected them from a ^(S)prostitute’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a prostitute they will return.

⁸Because of this I must mourn and wail,
I must go ^(T)barefoot and naked;
I must do mourning like the ^(U)jackals,
And a mourning like the ostriches.
⁹For her ^(V)wound is incurable,
For ^(W)it has come to Judah;
It has reached the ^(X)gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
¹⁰^(Y)Do not tell it in Gath,
Do not weep at all.
At ^[i]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust in mourning.
¹¹^[j]Go on your way, inhabitant of ^[k]Shaphir, in ^(Z)shameful nakedness.
The inhabitant of ^[l]^(AA)Zaanan does not ^[m]escape.
The mourning of ^[n]Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its ^[o]support.”
¹²For the inhabitant of ^[p]Maroth
^[q]^(AB)Waits for something good,
Because a disaster has come down from the Lord
To the ^(AC)gate of Jerusalem.
¹³Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
You inhabitant of ^(AD)Lachish—
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion—
Because in you were found
The ^(AE)rebellious acts of Israel.
¹⁴Therefore you will give parting ^(AF)gifts
In behalf of Moresheth-gath;
The houses of ^(AG)Achzib will become a ^[r]^(AH)deception
To the kings of Israel.
¹⁵Moreover, I will bring on you
The one who takes possession,
You inhabitant of ^[s]^(AI)Mareshah.
The glory of Israel will enter ^(AJ)Adullam.
¹⁶Shave yourself ^(AK)bald, yes, cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will ^(AL)go from you into exile.

Footnotes

Micah 1:2 Lit them
Micah 1:2 Lit its fullness
Micah 1:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Micah 1:3 Or land
Micah 1:5 Or rebellion
Micah 1:5 Or rebellion
Micah 1:5 Lit places
Micah 1:6 Lit of the field
Micah 1:10 I.e., house of dust
Micah 1:11 I.e., Go into captivity
Micah 1:11 I.e., pleasantness
Micah 1:11 I.e., going out
Micah 1:11 Lit go out
Micah 1:11 I.e., the house beside
Micah 1:11 Lit standing place
Micah 1:12 I.e., bitterness
Micah 1:12 Or possibly has been in agony for
Micah 1:14 Heb achzab, wordplay on Achzib
Micah 1:15 I.e., possession

Luke 10

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The Seventy-two Sent Out

10 Now after this ^(A)the Lord appointed ^[a]seventy-two ^(B)others, and sent them ^(C)in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. ²And He was saying to them, “^(D)The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³Go; ^(E)behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴^(F)Carry no money belt, no ^[b]bag, no sandals, and greet no one along the way. ⁵And whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ ⁶And if a ^[c]man of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷Stay in ^[d]that house, eating and drinking ^[e]what they provide; for ^(G)the laborer is deserving of his wages. Do not move from house to house. ⁸Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^(H)eat what is served to you; ⁹and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘^(I)The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹‘^(J)Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet ^[f]be sure of this, that ^(K)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹²I say to you, ^(L)it will be more tolerable on that day for ^(M)Sodom than for that city.

¹³“^(N)Woe to you, ^(O)Chorazin! Woe to you, ^(P)Bethsaida! For if the ^[g]miracles that occurred in you had occurred in ^(Q)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ^[h]^(R)sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴But it will be more tolerable for ^(S)Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. ¹⁵And you, ^(T)Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

¹⁶“^(U)The one who listens to you listens to Me, and ^(V)the one who rejects you rejects Me; but the one who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Joyful Results

¹⁷Now the ^[i]seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even ^(W)the demons are subject to us ^[j]in Your name!” ¹⁸And He said to them, “I watched ^(X)Satan fall from heaven like lightning. ¹⁹Behold, I have given you authority to ^(Y)walk on snakes and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. ²⁰Nevertheless, do not ^[k]rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(Z)your names are recorded in heaven.”

²¹^(AA)At that very ^[l]time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I ^[m]praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for doing so was well pleasing in Your sight. ²²^(AB)All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and ^(AC)no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.”

²³^(AD)Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see; ²⁴for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things that you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that you hear, and did not hear them.”

²⁵^(AE)And behold, a ^[n]^(AF)lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? ^[o]How does it read to you?” ²⁷And he answered, “^(AG)You shall love the Lord your God ^[p]with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^(AH)do this and you will live.” ²⁹But wanting ^(AI)to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

The Good Samaritan

³⁰Jesus replied and said, “A man was ^(AJ)going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, and they stripped him and ^[q]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹And by coincidence a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a ^(AK)Samaritan who was on a journey came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, ³⁴and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵On the next day he took out two ^[r]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return, I will repay you.’ ³⁶Which of these three do you think ^[s]proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” ³⁷And he said, “The one who showed compassion to him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ^[t]the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^(AL)Martha welcomed Him into her home. ³⁹And she had a sister called ^(AM)Mary, who was also ^(AN)seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. ⁴⁰But ^(AO)Martha was distracted with ^[u]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do the serving ^[v]by myself? Then tell her to help me.” ⁴¹But the Lord answered and said to her, “^(AP)Martha, Martha, you are ^(AQ)worried and distracted by many things; ⁴²^(AR)but only one thing is necessary; for ^(AS)Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”