Micah 1
A Lament for Samaria
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The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Mor'asthite in the days of Jotham, 2 Kgs.
15.32-38 · 2
Chr. 27.1-7 Ahaz, 2 Kgs. 16.1-20 · 2 Chr.
28.1-27 and Hezeki'ah, 2 Kgs. 18.1--20.21 · 2 Chr. 29.1--32.33 kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and
Jerusalem.
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Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth,
and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
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For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come
down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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And the mountains shall be molten under
him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep
place.
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For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not
Jerusalem?
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Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap
of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour
down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the
foundations thereof.
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And all the graven images thereof shall
be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with
the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she
gathered it of the hire of a harlot, and they shall return to
the hire of a harlot.
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Therefore I will wail and howl, I will
go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and
mourning as the owls.
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For her wound is incurable; for it
is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
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Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye
not at all: in the house of Aphrah 1 roll
thyself in the dust.
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir,
having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Za'anan came not forth in
the mourning of Beth-e'zel; he shall receive of you his
standing.
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited
carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the
chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin
to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found
in thee.
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Therefore shalt thou give presents to
Mo'resheth-gath: the houses of Achzib 2 shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O
inhabitant of Mare'shah: he shall come unto Adul'lam the glory of
Israel.
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Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy
delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are
gone into captivity from thee.
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