Micah · Literal Standard Version
Micah 1 Literal Standard Version
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1 A word of YHWH that has been to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he has seen 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, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fullness, || And Lord YHWH is against you for a witness, || 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, YHWH is going out from His place, || And He has come down, || And has trodden on high places of earth.
3 Porque he aquí, Jehová sale de su lugar, y descenderá, y hollará sobre las alturas de la tierra.
4 The mountains have been melted under Him, || And the valleys split themselves, || As wax from the presence of fire, || As waters cast down by a slope.
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 the high places of Judah? Is it 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 “And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, || For plantations of a vineyard, || And poured out into a valley her stones, || And her foundations I uncover.
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 carved images are beaten down, || And all her wages are burned with fire, || And all her idols I make a desolation, || For from the wage of a harlot she gathered, and to the wage of a harlot 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 I lament and howl, || I go spoiled and naked, || I make a lamentation like dragons, || And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
8 Por tanto lamentaré y aullaré, y andaré despojado y desnudo; haré gemido como de chacales, y lamento como de avestruces.
9 For mortal [are] her wounds, || For it has come to Judah, || It has come to a gate of My people—to Jerusalem.
9 Porque su llaga es dolorosa, que llegó hasta Judá; llegó hasta la puerta de mi pueblo, hasta Jerusalem.
10 In Gath do not tell—in Acco do not weep, || In Beth-Aphrah, roll yourself in dust.
10 No lo digáis en Gath, ni lloréis mucho: revuélcate en el polvo de Beth-le-aphrah.
11 Pass over for you, O inhabitant of Shaphir, || Naked one of shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan has not gone out, || The lamentation of Beth-Ezel takes from you its standing.
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 has stayed for good, || For calamity has come down from YHWH to 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 a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, || The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, || For in you have been found the transgressions of Israel.
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 you give presents to Moresheth-Gath, || The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to 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 Yet I bring the possessor to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah, || The glory of Israel comes to Adullam.
15 Aun te traeré heredero, oh moradora de Maresah: la gloria de Israel vendrá hasta Adullam.
16 Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons, || Enlarge your baldness as an eagle, || For they have removed from you!
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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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)