Micah 1:2-16

2Hear, O peoples, all of 1you; 2Listen, O earth and 3all it contains, And let the Lord 4God be a 5witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.3For behold, the Lord is 6coming forth from His place. He will come down and 7tread on the high places of the 8earth.49The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.5All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the 10rebellion of Jacob? Is it not 11Samaria? What is the 12high 13place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?6For I will make Samaria a 14heap of ruins 15in the open country, 16Planting places for a vineyard. I will 17pour her stones down into the valley And will 18lay bare her foundations.7All of her 19idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a 20harlot’s earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.

8Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go 21barefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the 22jackals And a mourning like the ostriches.9For her 2324wound is incurable, For 25it has come to Judah; It has reached the 26gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.1027Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At 28Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.1129Go on your way, inhabitant of 30Shaphir, in 31shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of 3233Zaanan does not 34escape. The lamentation of 35Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its 36support.”12For the inhabitant of 37Maroth Becomes weak 38waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the Lord To the 39gate of Jerusalem.13Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of 40Lachish-- She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion-- Because in you were found The 41rebellious acts of Israel.14Therefore you will give parting 42gifts On behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of 43Achzib will become a 44deception To the kings of Israel.15Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of 4546Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter 47Adullam.16Make yourself 48bald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will 49go from you into exile.