<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="4318">Micah</s> the <sn="4183">Morasthite</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3147">Jotham</s>, <sn="271">Ahaz</s>, and <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="2372">saw</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="8111">Samaria</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="7181">hearken</s>, O <sn="776">earth</s>, and all that therein <sn="4393">is</s>: and let the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5707">witness</s> against you, the <sn="136">Lord</s> from his <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="4480 1964">temple</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> cometh <sn="3318">forth</s> out of his <sn="4480 4725">place</s>, and will come <sn="3381">down</s>, and <sn="1869">tread</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the high <sn="1116">places</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="2022">mountains</s> shall be <sn="4549">molten</s><sn="8478">under</s> him, and the <sn="6010">valleys</s> shall be <sn="1234">cleft</s>, as <sn="1749">wax</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="784">fire</s>, and as the <sn="4325">waters</s> that are poured <sn="5064">down</s> a steep <sn="4174">place</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>For the <sn="6588">transgression</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> is <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s>, and for the <sn="2403">sins</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. <sn="4310">What</s> is the <sn="6588">transgression</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>? is it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8111">Samaria</s>? and <sn="4310">what</s> are the high <sn="1116">places</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? are they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>Therefore I will <sn="7760">make</s><sn="8111">Samaria</s> as a <sn="5856">heap</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, and as <sn="4302">plantings</s> of a <sn="3754">vineyard</s>: and I will pour <sn="5064">down</s> the <sn="68">stones</s> thereof into the <sn="1516">valley</s>, and I will <sn="1540">discover</s> the <sn="3247">foundations</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the graven <sn="6456">images</s> thereof shall be beaten to <sn="3807">pieces</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="868">hires</s> thereof shall be <sn="8313">burned</s> with the <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6091">idols</s> thereof will I <sn="7760">lay</s><sn="8077">desolate</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> she <sn="6908">gathered</s> it of the <sn="4480 868">hire</s> of a <sn="2181">harlot</s>, and they shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="868">hire</s> of a <sn="2181">harlot</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5921 2063">Therefore</s> I will <sn="5594">wail</s> and <sn="3213">howl</s>, I will <sn="1980">go</s><sn="7758">stripped</s> and <sn="6174">naked</s>: I will <sn="6213">make</s> a <sn="4553">wailing</s> like the <sn="8568">dragons</s>, and <sn="60">mourning</s> as the <sn="1323 3284">owls</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s> her <sn="4347">wound</s> is <sn="605">incurable</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> it is <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>; he is <sn="5060">come</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="8179">gate</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s>, even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="5046">Declare</s> ye it <sn="408">not</s> at <sn="1661">Gath</s>, weep ye not at <sn="1058 408 1058">all</s>: in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1036">Aphrah</s> roll <sn="6428">thyself</s> in the <sn="6083">dust</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Pass ye <sn="5674">away</s>, thou <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="8208">Saphir</s>, having thy <sn="1322">shame</s><sn="6181">naked</s>: the <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="6630">Zaanan</s> came not <sn="3318 3808">forth</s> in the <sn="4553">mourning</s> of <sn="1018">Beth</s> -ezel; he shall <sn="3947">receive</s><sn="4480">of</s> you his <sn="5979">standing</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="4796">Maroth</s> waited <sn="2470">carefully</s> for <sn="2896">good</s>: <sn="3588">but</s><sn="7451">evil</s> came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> unto the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>O thou <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="3923">Lachish</s>, <sn="7573">bind</s> the <sn="4818">chariot</s> to the swift <sn="7409">beast</s>: <sn="1931">she</s> is the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of the <sn="2403">sin</s> to the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6588">transgressions</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="4672">found</s> in thee. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> shalt thou <sn="5414">give</s><sn="7964">presents</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="4182">Moresheth</s> -gath: the <sn="1004">houses</s> of <sn="392">Achzib</s> shall be a <sn="391">lie</s> to the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="5750">Yet</s> will I <sn="935">bring</s> an <sn="3423">heir</s> unto thee, O <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="4762">Mareshah</s>: he shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="5725">Adullam</s> the <sn="3519">glory</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Make thee <sn="7139">bald</s>, and <sn="1494">poll</s> thee <sn="5921">for</s> thy <sn="8588">delicate</s><sn="1121">children</s>; <sn="7337">enlarge</s> thy <sn="7144">baldness</s> as the <sn="5404">eagle</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> they are gone into <sn="1540">captivity</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee. </v>