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
Micah 1:2-7
English Standard Version
The Coming Destruction
2 (A)Hear, you peoples, all of you;[a]
(B)pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and (C)let the Lord God be a witness against you,
(D)the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For behold, (E)the Lord is coming out of (F)his place,
and will come down and (G)tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And (H)the mountains will melt under him,
and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
like waters poured down a steep place.
5 All this is for (I)the transgression of Jacob
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
(J)What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it not (K)Samaria?
And what is (L)the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make (M)Samaria (N)a heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones (O)into the valley
and (P)uncover her foundations.
7 All (Q)her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
(R)all her wages shall be burned with fire,
and all her idols I will lay waste,
for from (S)the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:2 Hebrew all of them
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