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          DASV: Micah 1

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

2 Hear, you peoples, all of you,
      listen, O earth, and all that is in it.
      the sovereign LORD will testify against you,
      the Lord from his holy temple.
3 Look, the LORD is coming out of his place,
     and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4 The mountains will melt under him,
     and the valleys will split open;
      they will melt like wax before a fire,
     like waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 All this is a result of the transgression of Jacob,
           and for the sins of the house of Israel.
      What is the transgression of Jacob?
           Is it not Samaria?
      What is the high place of Judah?
           Is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field,
     a place for planting vineyards.
      I will pour down her stones into the valley,
     and I will expose her foundations.
7 All her graven images will be beaten to pieces;
     all her pagan treasures will be burned with fire,
            and all her idols I will lay waste.
      For she gathered them as the hire of a prostitute,
           and to the prostitute's wages they will return.

8 For this I will lament and wail;
     I will walk around barefoot and naked;
      I will howl like the jackals,
     and a mourn like an owl.
9 For her wounds are incurable;
           it has come even to Judah.
     It has reached to the gate of my people,
           even to Jerusalem.
10 Tell it not in Gath,
     do not weep at all,
            at Beth Leaphrah [House of Dust] roll in the dust.
11 Pass into exile, O inhabitants of Shaphir [beautiful],
           in nakedness and shame.
      The inhabitants of Zaanan dare not come out of their city;
           Beth Ezel wails and will remove its support from you.
12 For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good,
     because disaster has come down from the LORD
            to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the chariot to the steeds, O inhabitants of Lachish;
     you were the first place of sin to the daughter of Zion,
            for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore you will give farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath.
     The houses of Achzib [Deception] will be a deceitful thing
            to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring to you, O inhabitants of Mareshah,
     a conqueror who will possess you;
      the glory of Israel will flee to Adullam.
16 Shave your heads bald,
     and cut off your hair for the children of your delight;
      enlarge your baldness as the eagle,
     for they are taken from you into exile.
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