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The ^(C1)word of the LORD which came to ^(C2)Micah of Moresheth in the days of ^(C3)Jotham, ^(C4)Ahaz, and ^(C5)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

Hear, you peoples, all of ^(F1)you; ^(C1)Listen carefully, earth and ^(F2)all it contains, And may the Lord ^(F3)GOD be a ^(C2)witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.

For behold, the LORD is ^(C1)coming forth from His place. He will come down and ^(C2)tread on the high places of the ^(F1)earth.

^(C1)The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.

All this is due to the ^(F1)wrongdoing of Jacob And the sins of the house of Israel. What is the ^(F1)(C1)wrongdoing of Jacob? Is it not ^(C2)Samaria? What is the ^(C3)high ^(F2)place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

For I will make Samaria a ^(C1)heap of ruins ^(F1)in the open country, ^(C2)Planting places for a vineyard. I will ^(C3)hurl her stones down into the valley, And ^(C4)lay bare her foundations.

All of her ^(C1)idols will be crushed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire, And all of her images I will make desolate; For she collected them from a ^(C2)prostitute's earnings, And to the earnings of a prostitute they will return.

Because of this I must mourn and wail, I must go ^(C1)barefoot and naked; I must do mourning like the ^(C2)jackals, And a mourning like the ostriches.

For her ^(C1)wound is incurable, For ^(C2)it has come to Judah; It has reached the ^(C3)gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.

^(C1)Do not tell it in Gath, Do not weep at all. At ^(F1)Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust in mourning.

^(F1)Go on your way, inhabitant of ^(F2)Shaphir, in ^(C1)shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of ^(F3)(C2)Zaanan does not ^(F4)escape. The mourning of ^(F5)Beth-ezel: "He will take from you its ^(F6)support."

For the inhabitant of ^(F1)Maroth ^(F2)(C1)Waits for something good, Because a disaster has come down from the LORD To the ^(C2)gate of Jerusalem.

Harness the chariot to the team of horses, You inhabitant of ^(C1)Lachish— She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion— Because in you were found The ^(C2)rebellious acts of Israel.

Therefore you will give parting ^(C1)gifts In behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of ^(C2)Achzib will become a ^(F1)(C3)deception To the kings of Israel.

Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, You inhabitant of ^(F1)(C1)Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter ^(C2)Adullam.

Shave yourself ^(C1)bald, yes, cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will ^(C2)go from you into exile.