1The LORD’s1:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name. word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2Hear, you peoples, all of you!
3For behold,1:3 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the LORD comes out of his place,
4The mountains melt under him,
5“All this is for the disobedience of Jacob,
6Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field,
7All her idols will be beaten to pieces,
8For this I will lament and wail.
9For her wounds are incurable;
10Don’t tell it in Gath.
11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame.
12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good,
13Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish.
14Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath.
15I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah.
16Shave your heads,