Micah 1

¹The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

²Hear, all ye people;

³For behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place,

⁴And the mountains shall be molten under him,

⁵For the transgression of Jacob is all this,

⁶Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field,

⁷And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces,

⁸Therefore I will wail and howl,

⁹For her wound is incurable;

¹⁰Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all:

¹¹Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked:

¹²For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good:

¹³O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast:

¹⁴Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath:

¹⁵Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah:

¹⁶Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children;