New American Standard Bible 1995

Micah 1:2-7

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.4 9The 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.

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Notes

1. Micah 1:2 Lit them ↩
2. Micah 1:2 Jer 6:19; 22:29 ↩
3. Micah 1:2 Lit its fullness ↩
4. Micah 1:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
5. Micah 1:2 Is 50:7 ↩
6. Micah 1:3 Is 26:21 ↩
7. Micah 1:3 Amos 4:13 ↩
8. Micah 1:3 Or land ↩
9. Micah 1:4 Ps 97:5; Is 64:1, 2; Nah 1:5 ↩
10. Micah 1:5 Jer 2:19 ↩
11. Micah 1:5 Is 7:9; Amos 8:14 ↩
12. Micah 1:5 2 Chr 34:3, 4 ↩
13. Micah 1:5 Lit places ↩
14. Micah 1:6 2 Kin 19:25; Mic 3:12 ↩
15. Micah 1:6 Lit of the field ↩
16. Micah 1:6 Jer 31:5; Amos 5:11 ↩
17. Micah 1:6 Lam 4:1 ↩
18. Micah 1:6 Ezek 13:14 ↩
19. Micah 1:7 Deut 9:21; 2 Chr 34:7 ↩
20. Micah 1:7 Deut 23:18; Is 23:17 ↩

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