Micah 1:2-7

New International Version

²Hear,^(A) you peoples, all of you,^(B)
listen, earth^(C) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness^(D) against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.^(E)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

³Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling^(F) place;
    he comes down^(G) and treads on the heights of the earth.^(H)
⁴The mountains melt^(I) beneath him^(J)
    and the valleys split apart,^(K)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.
⁵All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?^(L)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

⁶“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
    a place for planting vineyards.^(M)
I will pour her stones^(N) into the valley
    and lay bare her foundations.^(O)
⁷All her idols^(P) will be broken to pieces;^(Q)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.^(R)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,^(S)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

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Micah 1:2-7

International Standard Version

²“Listen, people! All of you!
    Earth! Pay attention, and all you inhabitants of it!
May the Lord God be a witness against you—
    the Lord from his holy Temple.
³Look here! The Lord is coming from his place!
    He will come down
        and will trample down the high places^[a] throughout the land.
⁴The mountains will melt under him
    and the valleys will split apart,
like wax in the presence of fire
    and like water gushing down a steep incline.
⁵All this comes about due to the transgression of Jacob,
    and due to the sins of the house of Israel.
What is Jacob’s sin? It’s Samaria, isn’t it?
    And what’s Judah’s high place?^[b] It’s Jerusalem, isn’t it?

⁶“So I will turn Samaria into a mound of dirt in a field,
    a place to plant vineyards.
And I will dump her building stones into the valley,
    uncovering her foundation.
⁷All of her carved images will be crushed to pieces,
    all the earnings of her prostitution will be burned up,
        and I will destroy all her idols;
because she collected the wages of prostitution,
    and to the wages of prostitution they will return.”