Book 20 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MICAH - Chapter 001
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THE WORD of HaShem that came to Micah the Morashtite in the
days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem
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Hear, ye peoples, all of you; Hearken, O earth, and all
that therein is; and let the L-rd GOD be witness against you, the L-rd from His
holy temple
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For, behold, HaShem 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, as 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 a heap in the field, a place
for the planting of vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the
valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof
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And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and
all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate;
for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a
harlot shall they return
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For this will I wail and howl, I will go stripped and
naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the
ostriches
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For her wound is incurable; for it is come even unto Judah;
it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem
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Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah
roll thyself in the dust
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Pass ye away, O inhabitant of Saphir, in nakedness and
shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel
shall take from you the standing-place thereof
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good;
because evil is come down from HaShem unto the gate of Jerusalem
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Bind the chariots to the swift steeds, O inhabitant of
Lachish; she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the
transgressions of Israel are found in thee
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Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel
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I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him
that shall possess thee; the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam
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Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy
delight; enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; for they are gone into captivity
from thee
Book 20 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MICAH - Chapter 001
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