Micah 1
New King James Version
Judgment on Israel and Judah
1 The word of the Lord that came to (A)Micah of Moresheth in the days of (B)Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
The Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from (C)His holy temple.
3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place;
He will come down
And tread on the high places of the earth.
4 (D)The mountains will melt under Him,
And the valleys will split
Like wax before the fire,
Like waters poured down a steep place.
5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob
And for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
And what are the (E)high places of Judah?
Are they not Jerusalem?
6 “Therefore I will make Samaria (F)a heap of ruins in the field,
Places for planting a vineyard;
I will pour down her stones into the valley,
And I will (G)uncover her foundations.
7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
And all her (H)pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate,
For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
And they shall return to the (I)pay of a harlot.”
Mourning for Israel and Judah
8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
(J)I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,
9 For her wounds are incurable.
For (K)it has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem.
10 (L)Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all;
In [a]Beth Aphrah
Roll yourself in the dust.
11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of [b]Shaphir;
The inhabitant of [c]Zaanan does not go out.
Beth Ezel mourns;
Its place to stand is taken away from you.
12 For the inhabitant of [d]Maroth [e]pined for good,
But (M)disaster came down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O inhabitant of (N)Lachish,
Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),
For the transgressions of Israel were (O)found in you.
14 Therefore you shall (P)give presents to [f]Moresheth Gath;
The houses of (Q)Achzib[g] shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of (R)Mareshah;[h]
The glory of Israel shall come to (S)Adullam.[i]
16 Make yourself (T)bald and cut off your hair,
Because of your (U)precious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they shall go from you into (V)captivity.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:10 Lit. House of Dust
- Micah 1:11 Lit. Beautiful
- Micah 1:11 Lit. Going Out
- Micah 1:12 Lit. Bitterness
- Micah 1:12 Lit. was sick
- Micah 1:14 Lit. Possession of Gath
- Micah 1:14 Lit. Lie
- Micah 1:15 Lit. Inheritance
- Micah 1:15 Lit. Refuge
Micah 1
King James Version
1 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.
2 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.
3 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 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.
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?
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 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.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 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.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Mika 1
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Domsord över Juda och Israel
(1:2—3:12)
1 Detta är Herrens ord som kom till Mika från Moreshet under de judiska kungarna Jotams, Achas och Hiskias regeringar, vad han fick se angående Samaria och Jerusalem.
2 Hör, alla folk,
lyssna, du jord
och allt som finns där!
Herren, Herren, vittnar mot er,
Herren från sitt heliga tempel.
Dom över Samaria och Jerusalem
3 Se! Herren kommer!
Han stiger ner från sin boning
och träder fram över jordens höjder.
4 Bergen smälter under honom
och dalarna spricker upp,
som vax för elden
och som vatten störtar utför branten.
5 Allt detta är för Jakobs överträdelse
och israeliternas synd.
Vad är Jakobs överträdelse?
Är det inte Samaria?
Vad är Judas offerplatser[a]?
Är de inte Jerusalem?
6 ”Därför ska jag göra Samaria
till en stenhög på en åker,
till en plats där vingårdar kan planteras.
Jag ska vräka ner hennes stenar i dalen
och blotta hennes grundvalar.
7 Alla hennes gudabilder
ska slås i stycken,
allt som hon tjänat som prostituerad
ska eldas upp,
och alla hennes avgudar
ska jag förgöra.
Med lönen för prostitution har hon skaffat dem,
och lön för prostitution ska de åter bli.”
Gråt och klagan
8 Över detta gråter och klagar jag.
Jag går barfota och naken,
ylar som en schakal,
klagar som en berguv.
9 Hennes sår kan inte läkas.
Det har kommit till Juda
och nått till mitt folks port,
till Jerusalem.
10 Tala inte om det i Gat,
gråt inte!
Vältra er i stoftet
i Bet Leafra![b]
11 Dra bort, Shafirs invånare,
i nakenhet och skam.
De som bor i Saanan
kan inte komma undan.
I Bet Haesel sörjer man,
dess beskydd har tagits ifrån er.
12 Marots invånare vrider sig av smärta
och hoppas på något bättre,
för det onda som kommer från Herren
har nått Jerusalems portar.
13 Spänn för stridsvagnar,
befolkningen i Lakish.
Det var början till dotter Sions synd
att man hos dig fann Israels överträdelser.
14 Därför ska ni ge avskedsgåvor åt Moreshet Gat.
Husen i Aksiv har lurat kungarna i Israel.
15 Jag ska åter låta erövrare komma mot er,
Mareshas invånare.
Israels härlighet ska komma
till Adullam.
16 Raka ditt huvud och skär av ditt hår
för dina barns skull som var din glädje.
Gör dig skallig som gamen,
för de har förts bort från dig.
Footnotes
- 1:5 Enligt bl.a. Septuaginta synd.
- 1:10 Grundtexten innehåller mycket ordlek som inte låter sig översättas, och mycket av innebörden i detta avsnitt är osäkert. För v. 10f. jfr 2 Sam 1:20.
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