GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:33urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:33The 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 . 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 ! For behold , Jehovah cometh forth out of his place , and will come down , and tread upon the high places of the earth . 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 . 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 ? 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 . 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 . 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 . For her wounds are incurable ; for it is come even unto Judah , it reacheth unto the gate of my people , even to Jerusalem . Tell it not in Gath , weep not at all ; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust . 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 . For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good ; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem . 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 . Therefore shalt thou give parting-gifts to Moresheth-Gath : the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel . I will yet bring unto thee an heir , O inhabitress of Mareshah ; the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot , in the congregation of Jehovah . Prophesy ye not , they prophesy . If they do not prophesy to these , the ignominy will not depart . 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 ? 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 . 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 . Arise ye , and depart ; for this is not the resting-place , because of defilement that bringeth destruction , even a grievous destruction . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 ? Ye who hate the good , and love evil ; who pluck off their skin from them , and their flesh from off their bones ; 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 . 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 . 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 : 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 . And the seers shall be ashamed , and the diviners confounded ; and they shall all cover their lips , for there will be no answer of God . 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 . 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 , that build up Zion with blood , and Jerusalem with unrighteousness . 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 . 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 . 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 . And many nations shall go and say , Come , and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah , and to the house of the 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 . 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 . 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 ] . For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god ; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah , our God for ever and ever . 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 ; 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 . 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 . 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 ? 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 . And now many nations are assembled against thee , that say , Let her be profaned , and let our eye look upon Zion . 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 . 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 . 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 . ( 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 . ) 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 . And he shall stand and feed [ his flock ] in the strength of Jehovah , in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God . And they shall abide ; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries , and all thine enemies shall be cut off . 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 . And I will cut off the cities of thy land , and overthrow all thy strongholds . And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand ; and thou shalt have no soothsayers . 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 . And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee , and I will destroy thy cities . And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations , such as they have not heard of . Hear ye now what Jehovah saith : Arise , contend before the mountains , and let the hills hear thy voice . 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 . O my people , what have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? testify against me . 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 . 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 . Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah , bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings , with calves of a year old ? 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 ? 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 God ? Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city , and wisdom looketh on thy name . Hear ye the rod , and who hath appointed it . Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked , and the scant measure [ which is ] abominable ? Shall I be pure with the unjust balances , and with the bag of deceitful weights ? For her rich men are full of violence , and her inhabitants speak lies , and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth . Therefore also will I make [ thee ] sick in smiting thee ; I will make [ thee ] desolate because of thy sins . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . The 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . But as for me , I will look unto Jehovah ; I will wait for the God of my salvation : my God will hear me . 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 . 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 . And mine enemy shall see [ it ] , and shame shall cover her which said unto me , Where is Jehovah thy God ? Mine eyes shall behold her ; now shall she be trodden down , as the mire of the streets . In the day when thy walls shall be built , on that day shall the established limit recede . 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 . But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein , for the fruit of their doings . 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 . -- As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt , will I shew them marvellous things . -- The nations shall see , and be ashamed for all their might : they shall lay [ their ] hand upon [ their ] mouth , their ears shall be deaf . 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 God , and shall be afraid because of thee . Who is a 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 . 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 . Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob , loving-kindness to Abraham , which thou hast sworn unto our fathers , from the days of old .