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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Judgment Pronounced against Samaria
2 Hear, you peoples, all of you;
listen, O earth, and all that is in it,
and let the Lord God be a witness against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.(A)
3 For the Lord is coming out of his place
and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.(B)
4 Then the mountains will melt under him,
and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
like waters poured down a slope.(C)
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 is the high place[a] of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?(D)
6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards.
I will pour down her stones into the valley
and uncover her foundations.(E)
7 All her images shall be beaten to pieces,
all her wages shall be burned with fire,
and all her idols I will lay waste;
for as the wages of a prostitute she gathered them,
and as the wages of a prostitute they shall again be used.(F)
Footnotes
- 1.5 Heb what are the high places
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