1 The word of the Lord that came to Micaha[ver. 14] of MoreshethbIsa. 1:1 in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he sawcAmos 1:1 concerningdIsa. 7:9; Jer. 23:13 Samaria and Jerusalem.
2
ech. 3:1, 9; 6:1, 2; See Hos. 5:1 Hear, you peoples, all of you;
fSee Isa. 1:2 pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
andgMal. 3:5 let the Lord God be a witness against you,
hPs. 11:4; Jonah 2:7; Hab. 2:20 the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For behold,iIsa. 26:21 the Lord is coming out ofjPs. 115:3 his place,
and will come down andkAmos 4:13; [Deut. 32:13] tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 AndlPs. 97:5; [Judg. 5:5; Amos 9:5, 13; Nah. 1:5] the mountains will melt under him,
and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
like waters poured down a steep place.
5 All this is formSee ch. 3:8 the transgression of Jacob
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
n[ver. 13] What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it notd[See ver. 1 above] Samaria?
And what iso[2 Chr. 28:4] the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will maked[See ver. 1 above] Samariap[ch. 3:12] a heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stonesq[1 Kgs. 16:24] into the valley
andrEzek. 13:14 uncover her foundations.
7 Alls[Hos. 8:6] her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
t[Hos. 2:12; 9:1] all her wages shall be burned with fire,
and all her idols I will lay waste,
for fromt[Hos. 2:12; 9:1] the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
8 u[Isa. 22:4] For this I will lament and wail;
I will govSee Isa. 20:2-4 stripped and naked;
I will make lamentationwJob 30:29; Ps. 44:19 like the jackals,
and mourningxIsa. 13:21 like the ostriches.
9 y[Hos. 5:13] For her wound is incurable,
and it has come to Judah;
it has reached to the gate of my people,
to Jerusalem.
10 z2 Sam. 1:20 Tell it not inaSee 1 Sam. 17:4 Gath;
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aphrah
b[Jer. 6:26] roll yourselves in the dust.
11 Pass on your way,
inhabitants of Shaphir,
c[Isa. 20:4; 47:3] in nakedness and shame;
the inhabitants of Zaanan
do not come out;
the lamentation of Beth-ezel
shall take away from you its standing place.
12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come downdSee Amos 3:6 from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants ofeJosh. 10:3; 2 Kgs. 18:14, 17; 2 Chr. 32:9 Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
f[ver. 5; Hos. 13:1] the transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you shall give parting gifts1Or give dowry
tog[ver. 1] Moresheth-gath;
the houses ofhJosh. 15:44 Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bringi[ch. 2:4; Jer. 6:12] a conqueror to you,
inhabitants ofh[See ver. 14 above] Mareshah;
the glory of Israel
shall come tojSee 1 Sam. 22:1, 2 Adullam.
16 kSee Isa. 22:12 Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
for the children of your delight;
kSee Isa. 22:12 make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
for they shall go from you into exile.