Micah 1 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The word of the Lord, that came vnto Micah the Morashite in the dayes of Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah, which he sawe concerning Samaria, and Ierusalem.
1 Yahweh’s word that came to Micah of Morasheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Heare, al ye people: hearke thou, O earth, and all that therein is, and let the Lord God be witnes against you, euen ye Lord from his holy Teple.
2 Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For beholde, the Lord commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.
3 For behold, Yahweh comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountaines shall melt vnder him (so shall the valleys cleaue) as waxe before the fire, and as the waters that are powred downewarde.
4 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the wickednes of Iaakob is all this, and for the sinnes of the house of Israel: what is the wickednes of Iaakob? Is not Samaria? and which are the hie places of Iudah? Is not Ierusalem?
5 “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I wil make Samaria as an heape of the fielde, and for the planting of a vineyard, and I will cause the stones thereof to tumble downe into the valley, and I will discouer the foundations thereof.
6 Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
7 And all the grauen images thereof shalbe broken, and all the giftes 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 returne to the wages of an harlot.
7 All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”
8 Therefore I will mourne and howle: I wil goe without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.
8 For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.
9 For her plagues are grieuous: for it is come into Iudah: the enemie is come vnto the gate of my people, vnto Ierusalem.
9 For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, neither weepe ye: for the house of Aphrah roule thy selfe in the dust.
10 Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
11 Thou that dwellest at Shaphir, go together naked with shame: she that dwelleth at Zaanan, shall not come forth in ye mourning of Beth-ezel: the enemie shall receiue of you for his standing.
11 Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won’t come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lord vnto the gate of Ierusalem.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, binde the charet to the beastes of price: she is the beginning of the sinne to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
13 Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore shalt thou giue presents to Moresheth Gath: the houses of Achzib shalbe as a lye to the Kings of Israel.
14 Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heire vnto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, he shall come vnto Adullam, the glorie of Israel.
15 I will yet bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
16 Make thee balde: and shaue thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldenesse as the eagle, for they are gone into captiuity from thee.
16 Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you!
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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)