Micah · American Standard Version (1901)
Micah 1 American Standard Version (1901)
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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.
1 PALABRA de Jehová que fué á Miqueas de Morasti en días de Jotham, Achâz, y Ezechîas, reyes de Judá: lo que vió sobre Samaria y Jerusalem.
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.
2 Oid, pueblos todos: está atenta, tierra, y todo lo que en ella hay: y el Señor Jehová, el Señor desde su santo templo sea testigo contra vosotros.
3 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
3 Porque he aquí, Jehová sale de su lugar, y descenderá, y hollará sobre las alturas de la tierra.
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.
4 Y debajo de él se derretirán los montes, y los valles se hendirán como la cera delante del fuego, como las aguas que corren por un precipicio.
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?
5 Todo esto por la rebelión de Jacob, y por los pecados de la casa de Israel. ¿Cuál es la rebelión de Jacob? ¿no es Samaria? ¿Y cuáles son los excelsos de Judá? ¿no es Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.
6 Pondré pues á Samaria en majanos de heredad, en tierra de viñas; y derramaré sus piedras por el valle, y descubriré sus fundamentos.
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.
7 Y todas sus estatuas serán despedazadas, y todos sus dones serán quemados en fuego, y asolaré todos sus ídolos; porque de dones de rameras los juntó, y á dones de rameras volverán.
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.
8 Por tanto lamentaré y aullaré, y andaré despojado y desnudo; haré gemido como de chacales, y lamento como de avestruces.
9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
9 Porque su llaga es dolorosa, que llegó hasta Judá; llegó hasta la puerta de mi pueblo, hasta Jerusalem.
10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
10 No lo digáis en Gath, ni lloréis mucho: revuélcate en el polvo de Beth-le-aphrah.
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.
11 Pásate desnuda con vergüenza, oh moradora de Saphir: la moradora de Saanán no salió al llanto de Beth-esel: tomará de vosotros su tardanza.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
12 Porque la moradora de Maroth tuvo dolor por el bien; por cuanto el mal descendió de Jehová hasta la puerta de Jerusalem.
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.
13 Unce al carro dromedarios, oh moradora de Lachîs, que fuiste principio de pecado á la hija de Sión; porque en ti se inventaron las rebeliones de Israel.
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.
14 Por tanto, tú darás dones á Moreseth-gath: las casas de Achzib serán en mentira á los reyes de Israel.
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.
15 Aun te traeré heredero, oh moradora de Maresah: la gloria de Israel vendrá hasta Adullam.
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.
16 Mésate y trasquílate por los hijos de tus delicias: ensancha tu calva como águila; porque fueron trasportados de ti.
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Micah
The prophet from Moresheth to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 26:18; Isaiah 1:1; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1–9
- 2 Psalm 11:4; Isaiah 1:2; Psalm 49:1–2; Malachi 3:5; Revelation 3:22
- 3 Amos 4:13; Isaiah 26:21; Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalm 115:3; Habakkuk 3:19
- 4 Nahum 1:5; Psalm 97:5; Habakkuk 3:6; Judges 5:4; Habakkuk 3:10
- 5 Amos 8:14; Jeremiah 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Jeremiah 6:19; Lamentations 5:16
- 6 Ezekiel 13:14; Micah 3:12; 2 Kings 19:25; Lamentations 4:1; Isaiah 25:12
- 7 Deuteronomy 23:18; Hosea 2:12; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 10:5–6; Revelation 18:3
- 8 Isaiah 20:2–4; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 21:3; Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 9:1
- 9 Jeremiah 30:11–15; Isaiah 8:7–8; Micah 1:12; 2 Chronicles 32:1–23; Jeremiah 15:18
- 10 2 Samuel 1:20; Jeremiah 6:26; Amos 6:10; Amos 5:13; Job 2:8
- 11 Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 13:22; Nahum 3:5; Jeremiah 48:6; Micah 1:8
- 12 Jeremiah 14:19; Micah 1:9; Amos 3:6; Job 30:26; Isaiah 45:7
- 13 2 Kings 18:17; Joshua 10:3; 2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Kings 8:18; 1 Kings 13:33–34
- 14 Joshua 15:44; 2 Kings 16:8; Psalm 118:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:1–3; Psalm 146:3–4
- 15 Joshua 15:44; 1 Samuel 22:1; Joshua 15:35; Joshua 12:15; Isaiah 7:17–25
- 16 Isaiah 22:12; Job 1:20; Jeremiah 7:29; Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 16:6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Micah also names the same times as those of his prophecy, after the days of Uzziah; for he names the same three kings as Hosea named,--Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… in the future tense: for instance, He shall come openly, and this from Zechariah, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, and this from Micah, Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)