Old/New Testament
1 The Word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear, all you people! Listen, O Earth, and all that therein is! And let the LORD God be Witness against you, the LORD from His Holy Temple.
3 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the Earth.
4 And the mountains shall melt under Him. So shall the valleys cling as wax before the fire, as the waters that are poured downward.
5 This is all because of the wickedness of Jacob, and for the sins of the House of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 “Therefore, I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, for the planting of a vineyard. And I will make its stones tumble down into the valley. And I will uncover its foundations.
7 “And all its graven images shall be broken. And all its gifts shall be burnt with the fire. And I will destroy all its idols. For she gathered it from the hire of a harlot. And they shall return to the wages of a harlot.”
8 Therefore I will mourn and howl! I will go without clothes, naked. I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.
9 For her plagues are grievous. For it has come into Judah, has come to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
10 Do not declare it at Gath, or weep. Roll yourself in the dust for the House of Aphrah.
11 You who dwell at Shaphir go together, naked with shame. She who dwells at Zaanan shall not come forth in the mourning of Beth Ezel. Your standing shall be taken from you.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O you inhabitant of Lachish! Bind the chariot to the beasts of price. She is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion. For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore, you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib shall be as a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet I will bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah. He, the glory of Israel, shall come to Adullam.
16 Make yourself bald and shave yourself for your delicate children. Enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.
2 Woe to those who imagine iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds! In the morning light they practice it, because their hand has power.
2 And they covet fields and houses and take them by violence and take them away. So, they oppress a man and his house, man and his heritage.
3 Therefore, thus says the LORD: “Behold, I have planned misery against this family, from which you cannot remove your necks. And you shall not go proudly; for this time shall be miserable.
4 “At that time, they shall take up a parable against you and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, ‘We are utterly destroyed! He has exchanged the portion of my people. How can He take it away! He has divided our fields!’
5 “Therefore, you shall have no one who shall cast a measuring line by lot in the Congregation of the LORD.
6 “Those who prophesy, do not prophesy. They shall not prophesy to them. Nor shall they take shame.
7 “O you who are named of the House of Jacob! Is the Spirit of the LORD shortened? Are these His works? Are not My works good to him who walks uprightly?
8 “But those who were My people yesterday have risen up on the other side, as against an enemy. They strip the beautiful garment from those who pass by peacefully, as though they returned from the war.
9 “You have cast out the women of My people from their pleasant houses. You have continually taken away My Glory from their children.
10 “Arise and depart! For this is not your rest. Because it is polluted, it shall be destroyed with a severe destruction.
11 “If a man walks in the spirit, and would lie falsely, saying, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine, and of strong drink,’ even he would be a ‘prophet’ of this people.
12 “I will surely gather you wholly, O Jacob. I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold, full of the noise of men.
13 “The breaker shall come up before them. They shall break out and pass by the gate and go out by it. And their king shall go before them. And the LORD shall be upon their heads.”
3 “And I said, ‘Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the House of Israel. Should not you know judgment?’
2 “They hate good and love evil. They strip their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones.
3 “And they also eat the flesh of My people, and strip off their skin from them. And they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as if for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.”
4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but He will not hear them. He will hide His Face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their works.
5 Thus says the LORD: “Concerning the prophets who deceive My people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry, ‘Peace!’ But if a man puts nothing into their mouths, they prepare war against him.
6 “Therefore, night shall be to you for a vision, and darkness to you for a divination. And the Sun shall go down over the prophets. And the day shall be dark over them.
7 “Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded. Yea, they shall all cover their lips, for they have no answer from God.”
8 Yet indeed I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of strength, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
9 Please hear this, you heads of the House of Jacob, and princes of the House of Israel. They abhor judgment and pervert all that is right.
10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Their heads judge for rewards, and their priests teach for hire, and their prophets prophesy for money. Yet they will lean upon the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD among us? No evil can come upon us.”
12 Therefore, for your sake, shall Zion be plowed as a field. And Jerusalem shall be a heap and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
11 Then was given to me a reed, like a rod. And the angel stood by, saying, “Rise and measure the Temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship therein.
2 “But do not include the court which is outside the Temple. For it is given to the Gentiles. And they shall tread upon the holy city for 42 months.
3 “But I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These are two olive trees, and two candlesticks, standing before the God of the Earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouths and devours their enemies. For if anyone would hurt them, thus must he be killed.
6 These have power to shut Heaven, so that it does not rain in the days of their prophesying; and have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the Earth with all kinds of plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them and kill them,
8 And their corpses shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt (where our Lord was also crucified).
9 And those of the people and tribes and tongues, and Gentiles, shall see their corpses for three and a half days, and shall not allow their carcasses to be put in graves.
10 And those who dwell upon the Earth shall rejoice over them and be glad and shall send gifts to one another. For these two Prophets tormented those who dwelt on the Earth.
11 But after three and a half days, the Spirit of Life, coming from God, shall enter into them. And they shall stand up upon their feet. And great fear shall come upon those who saw them.
12 And they shall hear a great voice from Heaven, saying to them, “Come up here!” And they shall ascend to Heaven in a cloud. And their enemies shall see them.
13 And the same hour there shall be a great earthquake. And a tenth of the city shall fall. And in the earthquake, seven thousand shall be slain. And the remnant was very afraid and gave glory to the God of Heaven.
14 The second woe is past! And behold, the third woe will come soon!
15 And the seventh angel blew the trumpet. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of the world are our Lord’s, and his Christ’s! And He shall reign for evermore!”
16 Then the 24 elders who sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshipped God.
17 Saying, “We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty; Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come! For You have received Your great might and have obtained Your Kingdom!
18 “And the Gentiles were angry. And Your wrath came, and the time of the dead; so that they would be judged, and that You would give reward to Your servants, the Prophets, and to Your saints, and to those who fear Your Name - both small and great - and to destroy those who destroy the Earth.”
19 Then the Temple of God was opened in Heaven. And there was seen in the temple the Ark of His Covenant. And there were lightnings and voices and thunderings and an earthquake, and much hail.
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