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Listen, O earth, and all that + is therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, + the Lord from his holy temple. +001:003 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come + down and tread on the high places of the earth. +001:004 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, + like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down + a steep place. +001:005 "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? +001:006 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. +001:007 All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts + will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; + for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, + and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return." +001:008 For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; + I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls. +001:009 For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. + It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. +001:010 Don't tell it in Gath. Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah{Beth Ophrah + means literally "House of Dust."} I have rolled myself + in the dust. +001:011 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. +001:012 For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, + because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. +001:013 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. +001:014 Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. + The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the + kings of Israel. +001:015 I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. + He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam. +001:016 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! +002:001 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! + When the morning is light, they practice it, because it + is in the power of their hand. +002:002 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: + and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. +002:003 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these + people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, + neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. +002:004 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament + with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! + My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it + from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'" +002:005 Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot + in the assembly of Yahweh. +002:006 "Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about + these things. Disgrace won't overtake us." +002:007 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? + Are these his doings? Don't my words do good to him + who walks blamelessly?" +002:008 But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip + the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, + returning from battle. +002:009 You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; + from their young children you take away my blessing forever. +002:010 Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of + uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. +002:011 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: + "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;" + he would be the prophet of this people. +002:012 I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather + the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep + of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; + they will swarm with people. +002:013 He who breaks open the way goes up before them. + They break through the gate, and go out. And their king + passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head. +003:001 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers + of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? +003:002 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, + and their flesh from off their bones; +003:003 who also 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 caldron. +003:004 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. + Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they + made their deeds evil." +003:005 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; + for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" + and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare + war against him: +003:006 "Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark + to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on + the prophets, and the day will be black over them. +003:007 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. + Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no + answer from God." +003:008 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, + and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, + and to Israel his sin. +003:009 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, + and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, + and pervert all equity. +003:010 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. +003:011 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, + and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they + lean on Yahweh, and say, "Isn't Yahweh in the midst of us? + No disaster will come on us." +003:012 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, + and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain + of the temple like the high places of a forest. +004:001 But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of + Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, + and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will + stream to it. +004:002 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to + the mountain of Yahweh, 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 will go forth the law, and the word of + Yahweh from Jerusalem; +004:003 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide + concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their + swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. + Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will + they learn war any more. +004:004 But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; + and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh + of Armies has spoken. +004:005 Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; + but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever. +004:006 "In that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame, + and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which + I have afflicted; +004:007 and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which + was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign + over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever." +004:008 You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, + to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will come, + the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. +004:009 Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? + Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you + as of a woman in travail? +004:010 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a + woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city, + and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. + There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you + from the hand of your enemies. +004:011 Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, + "Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion." +004:012 But they don't know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they + understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves + to the threshing floor. +004:013 Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, + and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces + many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, + and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. +005:001 Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. + He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge + of Israel with a rod on the cheek. +005:002 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, + out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; + whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. +005:003 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is + in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will + return to the children of Israel. +005:004 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength + of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: + and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends + of the earth. +005:005 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, + and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise + against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men. +005:006 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land + of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, + when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border. +005:007 The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, + like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don't + wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men. +005:008 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst + of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, + like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he + goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there + is no one to deliver. +005:009 Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let + all of your enemies be cut off. +005:010 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh, "That I will + cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will + destroy your chariots. +005:011 I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down + all your strongholds. +005:012 I will destroy witchcraft from your hand; and you shall + have no soothsayers. +005:013 I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars out + of your midst; and you shall no more worship the work + of your hands. +005:014 I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will + destroy your cities. +005:015 I will execute vengeance in anger, and wrath on the nations + that didn't listen." +006:001 Listen now to what Yahweh says: "Arise, plead your case before + the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. +006:002 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring + foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy + with his people, and he will contend with Israel. +006:003 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? + Answer me! +006:004 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed + you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you + Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. +006:005 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, + and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim + to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh." +006:006 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the + exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, + with calves a year old? +006:007 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands + of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? + The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? +006:008 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require + of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly + with your God? +006:009 Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: + "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it. +006:010 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, + and a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short + ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose + of cheating customers.} that is accursed? +006:011 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag + of deceitful weights? +006:012 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, + and their tongue is deceitful in their speech. +006:013 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. + I have made you desolate because of your sins. +006:014 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation + will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; + and that which you save I will give up to the sword. +006:015 You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, + but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, + but won't drink the wine. +006:016 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house + of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, + and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach + of my people." +007:001 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, + as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. + My soul desires to eat the early fig. +007:002 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is + no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; + every man hunts his brother with a net. +007:003 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. + The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates + the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together. +007:004 The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than + a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, + has come; now is the time of their confusion. +007:005 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. + With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words + of your mouth! +007:006 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against + her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; + a man's enemies are the men of his own house. +007:007 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God + of my salvation. My God will hear me. +007:008 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. + When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. +007:009 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have + sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes + judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. + I will see his righteousness. +007:010 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, + where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will + cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire + of the streets. +007:011 A day to build your walls--In that day, he will extend your boundary. +007:012 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities + of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, + and mountain to mountain. +007:013 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, + for the fruit of their doings. +007:014 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, + who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of + fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, + as in the days of old. +007:015 "As in the days of your coming forth out of the land + of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things." +007:016 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. + They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears + will be deaf. +007:017 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things + of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. + They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid + because of you. +007:018 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes + over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? + He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights + in loving kindness. +007:019 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities + under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths + of the sea. +007:020 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you + have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (WEB): MICAH *** + +This file should be named 8260.txt or 8260.zip + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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