(KJV) Micah 1¹

⥃Judgment to Come ^{[ Isaiah 7:17–25 ]}

[1] The word of the Lord that came to Micah² the Morasthite in the days of Jotham³, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which⁴ he saw concerning⁵ Samaria and Jerusalem. [2] Hear, all ye people⁶; hearken⁷, O earth, and all that therein is⁸: and let⁹ the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from¹⁰ his holy temple. [3] For, behold, the Lord cometh¹¹ forth out of his place¹², and will come down, and tread¹³ upon the high¹⁴ places of the earth. [4] And the mountains¹⁵ shall be molten under him, and the valleys¹⁶ shall be cleft, as wax¹⁷ before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place¹⁸. [5] For the transgression of Jacob¹⁹ [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it²⁰] not Samaria? and what [are] the high places of Judah? [are they²¹] not Jerusalem? [6] Therefore I will make²² Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour²³ down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. [7] And all the graven²⁴ images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires²⁵ thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for²⁶ she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

⥃Weeping and Mourning

[8] Therefore I will wail²⁷ and howl, I will go²⁸ stripped and naked: I will make a wailing²⁹ like the dragons, and mourning as the owls³⁰. [9] For her wound [is] incurable³¹; for it³² is come unto Judah; he³³ is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.

[10] [¶]Declare³⁴ ye [it] not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah³⁵ roll³⁶ thyself in the dust. [11] Pass³⁷ ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir³⁸, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan³⁹ came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel⁴⁰; he shall receive of you his standing. [12] For the inhabitant of Maroth⁴¹ waited carefully⁴² for good: but⁴³ evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem. [13] O thou inhabitant of Lachish⁴⁴, bind⁴⁵ the chariot to the swift beast: she⁴⁶ [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for⁴⁷ the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. [14] Therefore shalt thou give⁴⁸ presents to⁴⁹ Moresheth–gath: the houses⁵⁰ of Achzib⁵¹ [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel. [15] Yet will⁵² I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah⁵³: he⁵⁴ shall come unto Adullam⁵⁵ the glory of Israel. [16] Make thee bald⁵⁶, and poll thee for thy delicate⁵⁷ children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for⁵⁸ they are gone into captivity from thee.