Micah 1:2-7
Christian Standard Bible
Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Listen, all you peoples;(A)
pay attention, earth[a] and everyone in it!(B)
The Lord God will be a witness against you,(C)
the Lord, from his holy temple.(D)
3 Look, the Lord is leaving his place(E)
and coming down to trample
the heights[b] of the earth.(F)
4 The mountains will melt beneath him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,(G)
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?(H)
And what is the high place of Judah?(I)
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruins(J) in the countryside,
a planting area(K) for a vineyard.
I will roll her stones(L) into the valley
and expose her foundations.(M)
7 All her carved images will be smashed(N) to pieces;
all her wages(O) will be burned in the fire,
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,(P)
they will be used again for a prostitute.
Micah 1:2-7
Common English Bible
2 Listen, all you peoples!
Pay attention, earth, and all that fills it!
May the Lord God be a witness against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.
3 Look! The Lord is coming out from his place;
he will go down and tread on the shrines of the earth.
4 Then the mountains will melt under him;
the valleys will split apart,
like wax yielding to the fire,
like waters poured down a slope.
5 All this is for the crime of Jacob
and the sins of the house of Israel.
Who is responsible for the crime of Jacob?[a]
Isn’t it Samaria?
Who is responsible for[b] the shrines of Judah?
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6 So I will make Samaria a pile of rubble in the open field,
a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour her stones into the valley;
her foundations I will lay bare.
7 All her images will be beaten to pieces;
all her wages will be burned;
I will make all her idols worthless.
Since she gathered them from the wages of a prostitute,
they will again become wages of a prostitute.
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