Micah 1:2-7
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Hear, O peoples, all of [a]you;
(A)Give heed, O earth, as well as its fullness,
And let Lord Yahweh be a (B)witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, Yahweh is (C)going forth from His place.
He will come down and (D)tread on the high places of the [b]earth.
4 (E)The mountains will melt under Him,
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water 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 (F)transgression of Jacob?
Is it not (G)Samaria?
What is the (H)high [c]place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6 So I will make Samaria a (I)heap of ruins in the field,
(J)Planting places for a vineyard.
And I will (K)pour her stones down into the valley
And will (L)lay bare her foundations.
7 And all of her (M)graven images will be smashed,
And all of her earnings will be burned with fire
And all of her idols I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a (N)harlot’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
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.
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