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Micah 1

1 The destruction of Judáh and Israél because of their idolatrie.
1.The word of the Lord, that came unto Micáh the aMorashite in the days of Jothám, Aház, and Hezekiáh Kings of Judáh, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalém.
2.Hear, ball ye people: hearken thou, ô earth, and all that therein is, and let the Lord God be witness against you, even the Lord from his holie Temple.
3.For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place, and will come cdown, and tread upon the hie places of the earth.
4.And the mountains shal melt under him (so shal the valleis cleave) as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured downward.
5.For the wickedness of Jaakób is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israél: what is the wickedness of Jaakób? Is not dSamaria? and which are the hie eplaces of Judáh? Is not Jerusalém?
6.Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and for the planting of a vineyard, and I will cause the stones thereof to tumble down into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7.And all the graven images thereof shalbe broken, and all fthe gifts thereof shalbe burnt with the fire, and all the idoles thereof will I destroy: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return gto the wages of an harlot.
8.Therefore I will mourn and howl: I will go without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.
9.For her plagues are grievous: for it is come into Judáh: the enemie is come unto the gate of my people, unto Jerusalém.
10.Declare ye it not at hGath, neither weep ye: for the house of iAphráh roll thy self in the dust.
11.Thou that dwellest at kShaphír, go together naked with shame: she that dwelleth at Zaanán, shal not come forth in the mourning of Beth-ézel: the enemie shal lreceive of you for his standing. ÁH
12.For the inhabitant of Maróth waited for good, but evil came from the Lord unto the mgate of Jerusalém.
13.O thou inhabitant of Lachísh, bind the charet to the beasts nof price: she ois the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zión: for the transgressions of Israél were found in thee.
14.Therefore shalt thou give presents to Morésheth pGath: the houses of Achzíb shalbe as a lie to the Kings of Israél.
15.Yet will I bring an qheir unto thee, ô inhabitant of Maresháh, he shal come unto Adullám, rthe glorie of Israél.
16.Make thee bald: and shave thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Notes

1-a.
Born in Mareshah a city of Judah.
2-b.
Because of the malice, and obstinacy of the people whom he had so oft exhorted to repentance, he summons them to God’s judgements taking all creatures, and God himself to witness, that the preaching of his Prophets, which they have abused, shall be revenged.
3-c.
Meaning hereby that God will come to judgement against the strong cities and holdes.
5-d.
Samaria, which should have been an example to all Israel of true religion and justice, was the puddle, and stews of all idolatry, and corruption, and boasted themselves of their father Jacob.
5-e.
That is, the idolatry and infection.
7-f.
Which they gathered by evil practices, and thought that their idols had enriched them therewith for their service unto them.
7-g.
The gain that came by their idols, shall be consumed as a thing of nought: for as the waged or riches of harlots are wickedly gotten, so are they vilely and speedily spent.
10-h.
Lest the Philistims our enemies rejoice at our destruction.
10-i.
Which was a city near to Jerusalem, Josh. 18.23, and signifies dust: therefore he wills them to mourn, and roll themselves in the dust, for their dusty city.
11-k.
These were cities whereby the enemy should pass as he came to Judah.
11-l.
He shall not depart before he has overcome you, and so you shall pay for his tarrying.
12-m.
For Rabshakéh had shut up Jerusalem, that they could not send to succour them.
13-n.
To flee away: for Saneherib laid siege first to the city, and remained therein when he sent his captains, and army against Jerusalem.
13-o.
You first received the idolatry of Jeroboam, and so did infect Jeru- salem.
14-p.
You shall bribe the Philistims your neighbours, but they shall deceive you, as well as they of Jerusalem.
15-q.
He prophecies against his own city, and because it signifies an heritage, he says that God would send an heir to possess it.
15-r.
For so they thought themselves for the strength of their city.