1I am Micah. I am from the town of Moresheth in Judah. Yahweh gave me these messages in visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, and then Ahaz, and then Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.
2You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]!
3He will come down from heaven
4It will be as though the mountains will melt under his feet
5Those things will happen because of the terrible sins [DOU] that the people [MTY] of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, have committed.
6So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap of rubble/ruins;
7All the idols in Samaria will be smashed,
8Because Samaria will be destroyed, I will weep and wail.
9because Samaria will be completely destroyed [MET];
10Do not tell that to our enemies in Gath city in Philistia!
11You people who live in Shaphir town, whose name means ‘beautiful,’
12The name of Maroth town sounds like ‘bitterness;’
13You people of Lachish city, whose name sounds like ‘team,’
14You people of Judah, send a farewell gift to the people of Moresheth town,
15The name of your town of Mareshah means ‘conqueror,’
16You people of Judah, shave your heads while you will be mourning,