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
Lexham English Bible
2 Hear, all you peoples;
give heed, O earth and its fullness.
And let the Lord Yahweh be against you as a witness,
the Lord from his holy temple.[a]
3 For behold, Yahweh is coming out from his place,
and he will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 The mountains will melt under him
and the valleys will burst open,
like wax before the fire,
like water rushing down a slope.
5 All this is for the rebellion of Jacob,
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
And what are the high places of Judah?
Are they not Jerusalem?
6 So I will make Samaria as a heap of rubble in the field,
a place for planting a vineyard.
And I will pour down her stones into the valley
and uncover her foundations.
7 Then all her idols will be broken in pieces,
and all her prostitution wages will be burned in the fire,
and all her idols I will make a desolation,
For from the wage of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the wage of a prostitute they will return.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:2 Literally “the temple of his holiness”
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