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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 Morasthite
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz, [and]
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}Hear, ye
peoples,
all
of
you; hearken,
O
earth,
and
all
that
is therein:
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
poured
down
a
steep
place.
\VS{5}For
the
transgression
of
Jacob
is
all
this,
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel. Whence
is
the
transgression
of
Jacob?
is
it
not [from]
Samaria?
And whence
are
the
high
places
of
Judah?
are
they
not [from]
Jerusalem?
\VS{6}Therefore
will
I
make
Samaria
as
a
heap
of
the
field,
as plantings
of
a
vineyard;
and
I
will
pour
down
the
stones thereof
into
the
valley,
and
I
will
lay
bare
the
foundations thereof.
\VS{7}And
all
her
graven
images shall
be beaten
to
pieces,
and
all
her harlot-gifts shall
be
burned
with
fire,
and
all
her
idols
will
I
make
a
desolation;
for
of
the
hire
of
a
harlot hath
she
gathered [them],
and
to
a harlot's
hire shall
they
return.
\VS{8}For
this
will
I
lament,
and
I
will
howl;
I
will go stripped
and
naked:
I
will
make
a
wailing
like
the
jackals,
and
mourning
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
roll thyself
in
the
dust.
\VS{11}Pass
away, inhabitress
of
Shaphir,
in
nakedness [and]
shame.
The inhabitress
of
Zaanan
is
not
come
forth
for
the lamentation
of
Beth-ezel:
he
will
take
from
you
its shelter.
\VS{12}For
the inhabitress
of
Maroth waited anxiously
for
good;
but
evil hath
come
down
from
Jehovah unto
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}Bind
the
chariot
to
the
swift steed, O inhabitress
of
Lachish:
she
was
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion;
for
in thee
were
found
the
transgressions
of
Israel.
\VS{14}Therefore shalt thou
give parting-gifts
to
Moresheth-Gath:
the
houses
of
Achzib
shall
be
a lie
to
the
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{15}I
will
yet
bring unto thee
an
heir, O inhabitress
of
Mareshah;
the
glory
of
Israel
shall
come
even unto
Adullam.
\VS{16}Make thee
bald,
and poll thee
for
the
children
of thy delights;
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
take
them
by violence;
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
proverb
concerning
you,
and lament
with
a doleful
lamentation, [and]
say,
We
are utterly spoiled:
he hath
changed
the
portion
of
my
people:
how hath
he
removed
it
from
me!
He hath distributed
our
fields
to
the rebellious.
\VS{5}Therefore thou shalt
have
none
that
shall
cast
the measuring
line
upon
a
lot,
in
the
congregation
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}Prophesy ye
not,
they prophesy. If
they
do
not prophesy
to
these,
the ignominy
will
not depart.
\VS{7}O thou [that art] named
the
house
of
Jacob,
Is
Jehovah impatient?
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
off
the mantle
with
the
garment
from
them
that
pass
by
securely,
that
are averse
from
war.
\VS{9}The
women
of
my
people do ye cast
out
from
their
pleasant
houses;
from
their young
children do ye
take
away
my magnificence
for
ever.
\VS{10}Arise ye,
and depart;
for
this
is
not
the resting-place,
because
of
defilement
that bringeth destruction,
even
a grievous destruction.
\VS{11}If
a
man
walking
in
wind
and
falsehood
do
lie, [saying,]
I
will prophesy unto thee
of
wine
and
of
strong
drink,
he
shall
be
the
prophet
of
this
people.
\VS{12}I
will
surely
assemble, O
Jacob,
the
whole
of thee;
I
will
surely
gather
the
remnant
of
Israel;
I
will
put
them
together
as
sheep
of Bozrah,
as
a
flock
in
the
midst
of
their
pasture:
they
shall
make great noise
by reason
of [the multitude
of]
men.
\VS{13}One
that breaketh
through
is
gone
up
before
them:
they
have
broken
forth,
and
have
passed
on
to
the
gate,
and
are
gone
out
by
it;
and
their
king passeth
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 princes
of
the
house
of
Israel:
Is
it
not
for
you
to
know
judgment?
\VS{2}Ye
who
hate
the
good,
and
love
evil;
who pluck
off
their
skin
from
them,
and
their
flesh
from
off
their
bones;
\VS{3}and
who
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 cauldron.
\VS{4}Then
shall
they
cry unto
Jehovah,
but
he
will
not
answer
them;
and
he
will
hide
his
face
from
them
at
that
time,
according
as
they
have wrought
evil
in
their
doings.
\VS{5}Thus saith
Jehovah
concerning
the
prophets
that
cause
my
people
to
err,
that bite
with
their
teeth,
and
cry,
Peace!
but whoso putteth
not
into
their
mouths
they
prepare
war
against
him:
\VS{6}therefore ye
shall
have
night without
a
vision;
and
it
shall
be
dark unto
you, without
divination;
and
the
sun
shall
go
down
upon
the
prophets,
and
the
day
shall
be
black
over
them.
\VS{7}And
the
seers
shall
be
ashamed,
and
the
diviners
confounded;
and
they
shall
all
cover
their lips,
for
there
will
be
no
answer
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{8}But
truly
I
am
filled
with
power
by
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah,
and
with
judgment
and
with
might,
to
declare unto
Jacob
his
transgression,
and
to
Israel
his
sin.
\VS{9}Hear
this,
I
pray
you, ye
heads
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
and princes
of
the
house
of
Israel,
that
abhor
judgment,
and pervert
all equity,
\VS{10}that
build
up
Zion
with
blood,
and
Jerusalem
with
unrighteousness.
\VS{11}The
heads thereof
judge
for
reward,
and
the
priests thereof
teach
for hire,
and
the
prophets thereof
divine
for
money;
yet
do
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 ploughed [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
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
the
end
of
days [that]
the
mountain
of Jehovah's
house
shall
be
established
on
the
top
of
the
mountains,
and
shall
be
lifted
up
above
the
hills;
and
the
peoples
shall flow unto
it.
\VS{2}And
many
nations
shall
go
and
say,
Come,
and
let
us
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
Jehovah,
and
to
the
house
of
the
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}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 Jehovah's
word
from
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
he
shall
judge
among
many
peoples,
and
reprove
strong
nations,
even
afar
off;
and
they
shall forge
their
swords
into ploughshares,
and
their
spears
into pruning-knives:
nation
shall
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
neither
shall
they
learn
war
any
more.
\VS{4}And
they
shall
sit
every
one
under
his
vine,
and
under
his fig-tree;
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make [them]
afraid:
for
the
mouth
of
Jehovah
of
hosts hath
spoken [it].
\VS{5}For
all
the
peoples
will walk
every
one
in
the
name
of
his
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}god;
but
we
will walk
in
the
name
of
Jehovah,
our
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
ever
and
ever.
\VS{6}In
that
day, saith
Jehovah,
will
I
assemble
her
that halteth,
and
I
will
gather
her
that
is
driven
out,
and
her
that
I
have afflicted;
\VS{7}and
I
will
make
her
that halted
a
remnant,
and
her
that
was cast
far
off
a
strong
nation;
and
Jehovah
shall
reign
over
them
in
mount
Zion,
from henceforth
even
for
ever.
\VS{8}And thou,
O
tower
of
the
flock,
hill
of
the
daughter
of
Zion, unto thee
shall
it
come, yea,
the
first
dominion
shall
come, —
the
kingdom
to
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{9}Now
why dost thou
cry
out
aloud?
Is
there
no
king
in thee?
is thy counsellor
perished,
that pangs
have
seized thee
as
a woman
in travail?
\VS{10}Be
in pain,
and labour
to
bring
forth,
O
daughter
of
Zion,
like
a
woman
in travail;
for
now shalt thou
go
forth
out
of
the
city,
and thou shalt
dwell
in
the
field,
and thou shalt
go
even
to
Babylon:
there shalt thou
be
delivered;
there
Jehovah
will
redeem thee
from
the
hand
of thine
enemies.
\VS{11}And
now
many
nations
are
assembled
against thee,
that
say,
Let
her
be profaned,
and
let
our
eye
look
upon
Zion.
\VS{12}But
they
know
not
the
thoughts
of
Jehovah,
neither
understand
they
his
counsel;
for
he hath
gathered
them
together
as
the
sheaves into
the threshing-floor.
\VS{13}Arise
and
thresh,
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
to
Jehovah,
and
their
substance
to
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now 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.
\VS{2}(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little
to
be
among
the thousands
of Judah,
out
of thee
shall
he
come
forth unto
me [who
is]
to
be Ruler
in
Israel:
whose goings
forth
are
from
of
old,
from
the days
of eternity.)
\VS{3}Therefore
will
he give
them
up,
until
the
time
when
she which travaileth
shall
have
brought forth:
and
the residue
of
his brethren
shall return unto
the children
of Israel.
\VS{4}And
he
shall
stand
and
feed [his flock]
in
the strength
of Jehovah,
in
the majesty
of
the name
of Jehovah
his
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Elohim}God.
And
they
shall abide;
for
now
shall
he
be great
even unto
the ends
of
the
earth.
\VS{5}And
this [man]
shall
be 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 princes
of men.
\VS{6}And
they
shall
waste
the
land
of Asshur
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 borders.
\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 tarrieth
not
for
man,
neither waiteth
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}Thy hand
shall
be lifted
up
upon thine adversaries,
and
all thine enemies
shall
be
cut
off.
\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
I
will
destroy thy chariots.
\VS{11}And
I
will
cut
off
the cities
of thy land,
and overthrow all thy strongholds.
\VS{12}And
I
will
cut
off sorceries
out
of thy
hand;
and thou shalt
have
no soothsayers.
\VS{13}Thy graven images also will I cut off,
and thy statues out
of
the
midst
of thee;
and thou shalt no more bow down to
the work
of thy hands.
\VS{14}And
I
will pluck up thine Asherahs
out
of
the midst
of thee,
and
I
will
destroy thy cities.
\VS{15}And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard of.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear ye
now
what
Jehovah saith:
Arise,
contend
before
the
mountains,
and
let
the
hills
hear thy
voice.
\VS{2}Hear, ye
mountains, Jehovah's
controversy,
and ye, unchanging
foundations
of
the
earth;
for
Jehovah hath
a
controversy
with
his
people,
and
he
will
plead
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}My
people,
remember
now
what
Balak
king
of
Moab
consulted,
and
what
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
answered
him,
from
Shittim unto
Gilgal,
that ye
may
know
the
righteousness
of
Jehovah.
\VS{6}Wherewith
shall
I
come
before
Jehovah,
bow myself
before
the
high
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
Shall
I
come
before
him
with burnt-offerings,
with
calves
of
a
year
old?
\VS{7}Will
Jehovah
take
pleasure
in
thousands
of
rams,
in
ten
thousands
of rivers
of
oil?
Shall
I
give
my
firstborn
for
my
transgression,
the
fruit
of
my
body
for
the
sin
of
my
soul?
\VS{8}He hath shewn thee,
O
man,
what
is
good:
and
what doth
Jehovah
require
of thee,
but
to
do
justly,
and
to
love goodness,
and
to walk
humbly
with thy
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
\VS{9}Jehovah's
voice crieth unto
the
city,
and
wisdom looketh
on 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
the scant
measure [which
is] abominable?
\VS{11}Shall
I be
pure
with the unjust
balances,
and
with the
bag
of
deceitful
weights?
\VS{12}For
her
rich
men
are
full
of
violence,
and
her
inhabitants
speak
lies,
and
their
tongue
is
deceitful
in
their
mouth.
\VS{13}Therefore
also
will
I
make [thee]
sick
in
smiting thee;
I
will
make [thee]
desolate
because
of thy
sins.
\VS{14}Thou shalt
eat,
and
not
be
satisfied,
and thine emptiness [shall
remain]
in
the
midst
of thee;
and thou shalt
take
away,
and
not save;
and
what thou savest
will
I
give
up
to
the
sword.
\VS{15}Thou shalt
sow,
but thou shalt
not
reap; thou shalt
tread
the
olives,
but thou shalt
not
anoint thee
with
oil;
and
new
wine,
but shalt
not
drink
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
should
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;
there
is
no early
fruit [which]
my
soul
desired.
\VS{2}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:2 }
Elohim}godly [man] hath
perished
out
of
the
land,
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}Both
hands
are
for
evil,
to
do
it
well.
The
prince asketh,
and
the
judge [is there]
for
a reward;
and
the
great [man] uttereth
his soul's
greed:
and [together]
they combine
it.
\VS{4}The
best
of
them
is
as
a
briar;
the most
upright, [worse]
than
a thorn-fence.
The
day
of thy
watchmen, thy visitation
is
come;
now
shall
be
their perplexity.
\VS{5}Believe ye
not
in
a
companion,
put
not
confidence
in
a familiar
friend:
keep
the
doors
of thy
mouth
from
her
that lieth
in thy
bosom.
\VS{6}For
the
son dishonoureth
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
household.
\VS{7}But
as
for
me,
I
will look unto
Jehovah;
I
will
wait
for
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
my
salvation:
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will
hear
me.
\VS{8}Rejoice
not
against
me,
O mine
enemy:
though
I
fall,
I
shall
arise;
when
I
sit
in
darkness,
Jehovah
shall
be
a
light unto
me.
\VS{9}I
will
bear
the
indignation
of
Jehovah —
for
I
have
sinned
against
him —
until
he
plead
my
cause,
and execute
judgment
for
me:
he
will
bring
me
forth
to
the
light;
I
shall
behold
his
righteousness.
\VS{10}And mine
enemy
shall
see [it],
and
shame
shall
cover
her
which
said unto
me,
Where
is
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God? Mine
eyes
shall
behold
her;
now
shall she
be trodden
down,
as
the
mire
of
the
streets.
\VS{11}In
the
day
when thy
walls
shall
be
built,
on
that
day
shall
the established
limit recede.
\VS{12}In
that
day
they
shall
come
to thee
from
Assyria
and
the
cities
of
Egypt,
and
from
Egypt
to
the
river,
and
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
mountain
to
mountain.
\VS{13}But
the
land
shall
be
desolate
because
of
them
that
dwell therein,
for
the
fruit
of
their
doings.
\VS{14}Feed thy
people
with thy
rod,
the
flock
of thine
inheritance,
dwelling
alone
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 shew
them marvellous
things.
\VS{16}—
The
nations
shall
see,
and
be
ashamed
for
all
their
might:
they
shall
lay [their]
hand
upon [their]
mouth,
their
ears
shall
be deaf.
\VS{17}They
shall
lick
dust
like
the
serpent;
like
crawling things
of
the
earth,
they
shall
come
trembling forth
from
their close places.
They
shall turn
with
fear
to
Jehovah
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
shall
be
afraid
because
of thee.
\VS{18}Who
is
a
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:18 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
like unto thee,
that forgiveth
iniquity,
and passeth
by
the
transgression
of
the
remnant
of
his
heritage?
He retaineth
not
his
anger
for
ever,
because
he delighteth
in loving-kindness.
\VS{19}He
will yet
again
have
compassion
on
us,
he
will
tread
under
foot
our
iniquities:
and thou wilt
cast
all
their
sins
into
the
depths
of
the
sea.
\VS{20}Thou wilt perform
truth
to
Jacob, loving-kindness
to
Abraham,
which thou hast
sworn unto
our
fathers,
from
the
days
of old.
\par }