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{\MTB THE BOOK OF
\par }{\MT MICAH

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
word
of
Jehovah
that
came
to
Micah
the Morashtite
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Hear,
ye
peoples,
all
of
you;
hearken,
O
earth,
and
all
that
therein
is:
and
let
the
Lord
Jehovah
be
witness
against
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
\VS{3}For,
behold,
Jehovah
cometh
forth
out
of
his
place,
and
will
come
down,
and
tread
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
\VS{4}And
the
mountains
shall
be
melted
under
him,
and
the
valleys
shall
be
cleft,
as
wax
before
the
fire,
as
waters
that
are
poured
down
a
steep
place.
\VS{5}For
the
transgression
of
Jacob
is
all
this,
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel.
What
is
the
transgression
of
Jacob?
is
it
not
Samaria?
and
what
are
the
high
places
of
Judah?
are
they
not
Jerusalem?
\VS{6}Therefore
I
will
make
Samaria
as
a
heap
of
the
field,
{\ADD{
and}}
as
places
for
planting
vineyards;
and
I
will
pour
down
the
stones
thereof
into
the
valley,
and
I
will
uncover
the
foundations
thereof.
\VS{7}And
all
her
graven
images
shall
be
beaten
to
pieces,
and
all
her
hires
shall
be
burned
with
fire,
and
all
her
idols
will
I
lay
desolate;
for
of
the
hire
of
a
harlot
hath
she
gathered
them,
and
unto
the
hire
of
a
harlot
shall
they
return.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}For
this
will
I
lament
and
wail;
I
will
go
stripped
and
naked;
I
will
make
a
wailing
like
the
jackals,
and
a
lamentation
like
the
ostriches.
\VS{9}For
her
wounds
are
incurable;
for
it
is
come
even
unto
Judah;
it
reacheth
unto
the
gate
of
my
people,
even
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{10}Tell
it
not
in
Gath,
weep
not
at
all:
at
Beth-le-aphrah
have
I
rolled
myself
in
the
dust.
\VS{11}Pass
away,
O
inhabitant
of
Shaphir,
in
nakedness
and
shame:
the
inhabitant
of
Zaanan
is
not
come
forth;
the
wailing
of
Beth-ezel
shall
take
from
you
the
stay
thereof.
\VS{12}For
the
inhabitant
of
Maroth
waiteth
anxiously
for
good,
because
evil
is
come
down
from
Jehovah
unto
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}Bind
the
chariot
to
the
swift steed,
O
inhabitant
of
Lachish:
she
was
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion;
for
the
transgressions
of
Israel
were
found
in
thee.
\VS{14}Therefore shalt
thou
give
a
parting
gift
to
Moresheth-gath:
the
houses
of
Achzib
shall
be
a
deceitful
thing
unto
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{15}I
will
yet
bring
unto
thee,
O
inhabitant
of
Mareshah,
him
that
shall
possess
thee:
the
glory
of
Israel
shall
come
even
unto
Adullam.
\VS{16}Make
thee
bald,
and
cut
off
thy
hair
for
the
children
of
thy
delight:
enlarge
thy
baldness
as
the
eagle;
for
they
are
gone
into
captivity
from
thee.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
them
that
devise
iniquity
and
work
evil
upon
their
beds!
when
the
morning
is
light,
they
practise
it,
because
it
is
in
the
power
of
their
hand.
\VS{2}And
they
covet
fields,
and
seize
them;
and
houses,
and
take
them
away:
and
they
oppress
a
man
and
his
house,
even
a
man
and
his
heritage.
\VS{3}Therefore
thus
saith
Jehovah:
Behold,
against
this
family
do
I
devise
an
evil,
from
which
ye
shall
not
remove
your
necks,
neither
shall
ye
walk
haughtily;
for
it
is
an
evil
time.
\VS{4}In
that
day
shall
they
take
up
a
parable
against
you,
and
lament
with
a
doleful
lamentation,
{\ADD{
and}}
say,
We
are
utterly
ruined:
he
changeth
the
portion
of
my
people:
how
doth
he
remove
{\ADD{
it}}
from
me!
to
the
rebellious
he
divideth
our
fields.
\VS{5}Therefore
thou shalt
have
none
that
shall
cast
the
line
by
lot
in
the
assembly
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Prophesy
ye
not,
{\ADD{
thus}}
they
prophesy.
They
shall
not
prophesy
to
these:
reproaches
shall
not
depart.
\VS{7}Shall
it
be
said,
O
house
of
Jacob,
Is
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
straitened?
are
these
his
doings?
Do
not
my
words
do
good
to
him
that
walketh
uprightly?
\VS{8}But
of
late
my
people
is
risen
up
as
an
enemy:
ye
strip
the
robe
from
off
the
garment
from
them
that
pass
by
securely
{\ADD{
as
men}}
averse
from
war.
\VS{9}The
women
of
my
people
ye
cast
out
from
their
pleasant
houses;
from
their
young
children
ye
take
away
my
glory
for
ever.
\VS{10}Arise
ye,
and
depart;
for
this
is
not
your resting-place;
because
of
uncleanness
that
destroyeth,
even
with
a
grievous
destruction.
\VS{11}If
a
man
walking
in
a
spirit
of
falsehood
do
lie,
{\ADD{
saying}},
I
will
prophesy
unto
thee
of
wine
and
of
strong
drink;
he
shall
even
be
the
prophet
of
this
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}I
will
surely
assemble,
O
Jacob,
all
of
thee;
I
will
surely
gather
the
remnant
of
Israel;
I
will
put
them
together
as
the
sheep
of
Bozrah,
as
a
flock
in
the
midst
of
their
pasture;
they
shall
make
great
noise
by
reason
of
{\ADD{
the
multitude
of}}
men.
\VS{13}The
breaker
is
gone
up
before
them:
they
have
broken
forth
and
passed
on
to
the
gate,
and
are
gone
out thereat;
and
their
king
is
passed
on
before
them,
and
Jehovah
at
the
head
of
them.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
I
said,
Hear,
I
pray
you,
ye
heads
of
Jacob,
and
rulers
of
the
house
of
Israel:
is
it
not
for
you
to
know
justice?
\VS{2}ye
who
hate
the
good,
and
love
the
evil;
who
pluck
off
their
skin
from
off
them,
and
their
flesh
from
off
their
bones;
\VS{3}who
also
eat
the
flesh
of
my
people,
and
flay
their
skin
from
off
them,
and
break
their
bones,
and
chop
them
in
pieces,
as
for
the
pot,
and
as
flesh
within
the
caldron.
\VS{4}Then
shall
they
cry
unto
Jehovah,
but
he
will
not
answer
them;
yea,
he
will
hide
his
face
from
them
at
that
time,
according
as
they
have
wrought
evil
in
their
doings.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Thus
saith
Jehovah
concerning
the
prophets
that
make
my
people
to
err;
that
bite
with
their
teeth,
and
cry,
Peace;
and
whoso
putteth
not
into
their
mouths,
they
even
prepare
war
against
him:
\VS{6}Therefore
it
shall
be
night
unto
you,
that
ye
shall
have
no
vision;
and
it
shall
be
dark
unto
you,
that
ye
shall
not
divine;
and
the
sun
shall
go
down
upon
the
prophets,
and
the
day
shall
be
black
over
them.
\VS{7}And
the
seers
shall
be
put
to
shame,
and
the
diviners
confounded;
yea,
they
shall
all
cover
their
lips;
for
there
is
no
answer
of
God.
\VS{8}But
as
for
me,
I
am
full
of
power
by
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah,
and
of
judgment,
and
of
might,
to
declare
unto
Jacob
his
transgression,
and
to
Israel
his
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Hear
this,
I
pray
you,
ye
heads
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
rulers
of
the
house
of
Israel,
that
abhor
justice,
and
pervert
all
equity.
\VS{10}They
build
up
Zion
with
blood,
and
Jerusalem
with
iniquity.
\VS{11}The
heads
thereof
judge
for
reward,
and
the
priests
thereof
teach
for
hire,
and
the
prophets
thereof
divine
for
money:
yet
they
lean
upon
Jehovah,
and
say,
Is
not
Jehovah
in
the
midst
of
us?
no
evil
shall
come
upon
us.
\VS{12}Therefore
shall
Zion
for
your
sake
be
plowed
as
a
field,
and
Jerusalem
shall
become
heaps,
and
the
mountain
of
the
house
as
the
high
places
of
a
forest.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
in
the
latter
days
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
the
mountain
of Jehovah’s
house
shall
be
established
on
the
top
of
the
mountains,
and
it
shall
be
exalted
above
the
hills;
and
peoples
shall
flow
unto
it.
\VS{2}And
many
nations
shall
go
and
say,
Come
ye,
and
let
us
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
Jehovah,
and
to
the
house
of
the
God
of
Jacob;
and
he
will
teach
us
of
his
ways,
and
we
will
walk
in
his
paths.
For
out
of
Zion
shall
go
forth
the
law,
and
the
word
of
Jehovah
from
Jerusalem;
\VS{3}and
he
will
judge
between
many
peoples,
and
will
decide
concerning
strong
nations
afar
off:
and
they
shall
beat
their
swords
into
plowshares,
and
their
spears
into pruning-hooks;
nation
shall
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
neither
shall
they
learn
war
any
more.
\VS{4}But
they
shall
sit
every
man
under
his
vine
and
under
his fig-tree;
and
none
shall
make
them
afraid:
for
the
mouth
of
Jehovah
of
hosts
hath
spoken
it.
\VS{5}For
all
the
peoples
walk
every
one
in
the
name
of
his
god;
and
we
will
walk
in
the
name
of
Jehovah
our
God
for
ever
and
ever.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}In
that
day,
saith
Jehovah,
will
I
assemble
that
which
is
lame,
and
I
will
gather
that
which
is
driven
away,
and
that
which
I
have
afflicted;
\VS{7}and
I
will
make
that
which
was
lame
a
remnant,
and
that
which
was
cast
far
off
a
strong
nation:
and
Jehovah
will
reign
over
them
in
mount
Zion
from
henceforth
even
for
ever.
\VS{8}And
thou,
O
tower
of
the
flock,
the
hill
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
unto
thee
shall
it
come,
yea,
the
former
dominion
shall
come,
the
kingdom
of
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Now
why
dost
thou
cry
out
aloud?
Is
there
no
king
in
thee,
is
thy
counsellor
perished,
that
pangs
have
taken
hold
of
thee
as
of
a
woman
in
travail?
\VS{10}Be
in
pain,
and
labor
to
bring
forth,
O
daughter
of
Zion,
like
a
woman
in
travail;
for
now shalt
thou
go
forth
out
of
the
city,
and shalt
dwell
in
the
field,
and shalt
come
even
unto
Babylon:
there shalt
thou
be
rescued;
there
will
Jehovah
redeem
thee
from
the
hand
of
thine
enemies.
\VS{11}And
now
many
nations
are
assembled
against
thee,
that
say,
Let
her
be
defiled,
and
let
our
eye
see
{\ADD{
our
desire}}
upon
Zion.
\VS{12}But
they
know
not
the
thoughts
of
Jehovah,
neither
understand
they
his
counsel;
for
he
hath
gathered
them
as
the
sheaves
to
the threshing-floor.
\VS{13}Arise
and
thresh,
O
daughter
of
Zion;
for
I
will
make
thy
horn
iron,
and
I
will
make
thy
hoofs
brass;
and
thou shalt
beat
in
pieces
many
peoples:
and
I
will
devote
their
gain
unto
Jehovah,
and
their
substance
unto
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.

\Chap{5}\VerseOne{1}Now shalt
thou
gather
thyself
in
troops,
O
daughter
of
troops:
he
hath
laid
siege
against
us;
they
shall
smite
the
judge
of
Israel
with
a
rod
upon
the
cheek.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}But
thou,
Beth-lehem
Ephrathah,
which
art
little
to
be
among
the
thousands
of
Judah,
out
of
thee
shall
one
come
forth
unto
me
that
is
to
be
ruler
in
Israel;
whose
goings
forth
are
from
of
old,
from
everlasting.
\VS{3}Therefore
will
he
give
them
up,
until
the
time
that
she
who
travaileth
hath
brought
forth:
then
the
residue
of
his
brethren
shall
return
unto
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{4}And
he
shall
stand,
and
shall
feed
{\ADD{
his
flock}}
in
the
strength
of
Jehovah,
in
the
majesty
of
the
name
of
Jehovah
his
God:
and
they
shall
abide;
for
now
shall
he
be
great
unto
the
ends
of
the
earth.
\VS{5}And
this
{\ADD{
man}}
shall
be
{\ADD{
our}}
peace.
When
the
Assyrian
shall
come
into
our
land,
and
when
he
shall
tread
in
our
palaces,
then
shall
we
raise
against
him
seven
shepherds,
and
eight
principal
men.
\VS{6}And
they
shall
waste
the
land
of
Assyria
with
the
sword,
and
the
land
of
Nimrod
in
the
entrances
thereof:
and
he
shall
deliver
us
from
the
Assyrian,
when
he
cometh
into
our
land,
and
when
he
treadeth
within
our
border.
\VS{7}And
the
remnant
of
Jacob
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
many
peoples
as
dew
from
Jehovah,
as
showers
upon
the
grass,
that
tarry
not
for
man,
nor
wait
for
the
sons
of
men.
\VS{8}And
the
remnant
of
Jacob
shall
be
among
the
nations,
in
the
midst
of
many
peoples,
as
a
lion
among
the
beasts
of
the
forest,
as
a
young
lion
among
the
flocks
of
sheep;
who,
if
he
go
through,
treadeth
down
and
teareth
in
pieces,
and
there
is
none
to
deliver.
\VS{9}Let
thy
hand
be
lifted
up
above
thine
adversaries,
and
let
all
thine
enemies
be
cut
off.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
saith
Jehovah,
that
I
will
cut
off
thy
horses
out
of
the
midst
of
thee,
and
will
destroy
thy
chariots:
\VS{11}and
I
will
cut
off
the
cities
of
thy
land,
and
will
throw
down
all
thy
strongholds.
\VS{12}And
I
will
cut
off
witchcrafts
out
of
thy
hand;
and
thou shalt
have
no
{\ADD{
more}}
soothsayers:
\VS{13}and
I
will
cut
off
thy
graven
images
and
thy
pillars
out
of
the
midst
of
thee;
and
thou shalt
no
more
worship
the
work
of
thy
hands;
\VS{14}and
I
will
pluck
up
thine
Asherim
out
of
the
midst
of
thee;
and
I
will
destroy
thy
cities.
\VS{15}And
I
will
execute
vengeance
in
anger
and
wrath
upon
the
nations
which
hearkened
not.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
ye
now
what
Jehovah
saith:
Arise,
contend
thou
before
the
mountains,
and
let
the
hills
hear
thy
voice.
\VS{2}Hear,
O
ye
mountains, Jehovah’s
controversy,
and
ye
enduring
foundations
of
the
earth;
for
Jehovah
hath
a
controversy
with
his
people,
and
he
will
contend
with
Israel.
\VS{3}O
my
people,
what
have
I
done
unto
thee?
and
wherein
have
I
wearied
thee?
testify
against
me.
\VS{4}For
I
brought
thee
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
redeemed
thee
out
of
the
house
of
bondage;
and
I
sent
before
thee
Moses,
Aaron,
and
Miriam.
\VS{5}O
my
people,
remember
now
what
Balak
king
of
Moab
devised,
and
what
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
answered
him;
{\ADD{
remember}}
from
Shittim
unto
Gilgal,
that
ye
may
know
the
righteous
acts
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Wherewith
shall
I
come
before
Jehovah,
and
bow
myself
before
the
high
God?
shall
I
come
before
him
with burnt-offerings,
with
calves
a
year
old?
\VS{7}will
Jehovah
be
pleased
with
thousands
of
rams,
{\ADD{
or}}
with
ten
thousands
of
rivers
of
oil?
shall
I
give
my first-born
for
my
transgression,
the
fruit
of
my
body
for
the
sin
of
my
soul?
\VS{8}He
hath
showed
thee,
O
man,
what
is
good;
and
what
doth
Jehovah
require
of
thee,
but
to
do
justly,
and
to
love
kindness,
and
to
walk
humbly
with
thy
God?
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
voice
of
Jehovah
crieth
unto
the
city,
and
{\ADD{
the
man
of}}
wisdom
will
see
thy
name:
hear
ye
the
rod,
and
who
hath
appointed
it.
\VS{10}Are
there
yet
treasures
of
wickedness
in
the
house
of
the
wicked,
and
a
scant
measure
that
is
abominable?
\VS{11}Shall
I
be
pure
with
wicked
balances,
and
with
a
bag
of
deceitful
weights?
\VS{12}For
the
rich
men
thereof
are
full
of
violence,
and
the
inhabitants
thereof
have
spoken
lies,
and
their
tongue
is
deceitful
in
their
mouth.
\VS{13}Therefore
I
also
have
smitten
thee
with
a
grievous
wound;
I
have
made
thee
desolate
because
of
thy
sins.
\VS{14}Thou shalt
eat,
but
not
be
satisfied;
and
thy
humiliation
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
thee:
and
thou shalt
put
away,
but shalt
not
save;
and
that
which
thou
savest
will
I
give
up
to
the
sword.
\VS{15}Thou shalt
sow,
but shalt
not
reap;
thou shalt
tread
the
olives,
but shalt
not
anoint
thee
with
oil;
and
the
vintage,
but shalt
not
drink
the
wine.
\VS{16}For
the
statutes
of
Omri
are
kept,
and
all
the
works
of
the
house
of
Ahab,
and
ye
walk
in
their
counsels;
that
I
may
make
thee
a
desolation,
and
the
inhabitants
thereof
a
hissing:
and
ye
shall
bear
the
reproach
of
my
people.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
is
me!
for
I
am
as
when
they
have
gathered
the
summer
fruits,
as
the
grape
gleanings
of
the
vintage:
there
is
no
cluster
to
eat;
my
soul
desireth
the
first-ripe
fig.
\VS{2}The
godly
man
is
perished
out
of
the
earth,
and
there
is
none
upright
among
men:
they
all
lie
in
wait
for
blood;
they
hunt
every
man
his
brother
with
a
net.
\VS{3}Their
hands
are
upon
that
which
is
evil
to
do
it
diligently;
the
prince
asketh,
and
the
judge
{\ADD{
is
ready}}
for
a
reward;
and
the
great
man,
he
uttereth
the
evil
desire
of
his
soul:
thus
they
weave
it
together.
\VS{4}The
best
of
them
is
as
a
brier;
the
most
upright
is
{\ADD{
worse}}
than
a
thorn
hedge:
the
day
of
thy
watchmen,
even
thy
visitation,
is
come;
now
shall
be
their
perplexity.
\VS{5}Trust
ye
not
in
a
neighbor;
put
ye
not
confidence
in
a
friend;
keep
the
doors
of
thy
mouth
from
her
that
lieth
in
thy
bosom.
\VS{6}For
the
son dishonoreth
the
father,
the
daughter
riseth
up
against
her
mother,
the
daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law;
a
man’s
enemies
are
the
men
of
his
own
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
as
for
me,
I
will
look
unto
Jehovah;
I
will
wait
for
the
God
of
my
salvation:
my
God
will
hear
me.
\VS{8}Rejoice
not
against
me,
O
mine
enemy:
when
I
fall,
I
shall
arise;
when
I
sit
in
darkness,
Jehovah
will
be
a
light
unto
me.
\VS{9}I
will
bear
the
indignation
of
Jehovah,
because
I
have
sinned
against
him,
until
he
plead
my
cause,
and
execute
judgment
for
me:
he
will
bring
me
forth
to
the
light,
{\ADD{
and}}
I
shall
behold
his
righteousness.
\VS{10}Then
mine
enemy
shall
see
it,
and
shame
shall
cover
her
who
said
unto
me,
Where
is
Jehovah
thy
God?
Mine
eyes
shall
see
{\ADD{
my
desire}}
upon
her;
now
shall
she
be
trodden
down
as
the
mire
of
the
streets.
\VS{11}A
day
for
building
thy
walls!
in
that
day
shall
the
decree
be
far
removed.
\VS{12}In
that
day
shall
they
come
unto
thee
from
Assyria
and
the
cities
of
Egypt,
and
from
Egypt
even
to
the
River,
and
from
sea
to
sea,
and
{\ADD{
from}}
mountain
to
mountain.
\VS{13}Yet
shall
the
land
be
desolate
because
of
them
that
dwell
therein,
for
the
fruit
of
their
doings.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Feed
thy
people
with
thy
rod,
the
flock
of
thy
heritage,
which
dwell
solitarily,
in
the
forest
in
the
midst
of
Carmel:
let
them
feed
in
Bashan
and
Gilead,
as
in
the
days
of
old.
\VS{15}As
in
the
days
of
thy
coming
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
will
I
show
unto
them
marvellous
things.
\VS{16}The
nations
shall
see
and
be
ashamed
of
all
their
might;
they
shall
lay
their
hand
upon
their
mouth;
their
ears
shall
be
deaf.
\VS{17}They
shall
lick
the
dust
like
a
serpent;
like
crawling
things
of
the
earth
they
shall
come
trembling
out
of
their
close
places;
they
shall
come
with
fear
unto
Jehovah
our
God,
and
shall
be
afraid
because
of
thee.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Who
is
a
God
like
unto
thee,
that
pardoneth
iniquity,
and
passeth
over
the
transgression
of
the
remnant
of
his
heritage?
he
retaineth
not
his
anger
for
ever,
because
he
delighteth
in
lovingkindness.
\VS{19}He
will
again
have
compassion
upon
us;
he
will
tread
our
iniquities
under
foot;
and
thou
wilt
cast
all
their
sins
into
the
depths
of
the
sea.
\VS{20}Thou
wilt
perform
the
truth
to
Jacob,
{\ADD{
and}}
the
lovingkindness
to
Abraham,
which
thou
hast
sworn
unto
our
fathers
from
the
days
of
old.
\par }