Micah 1-4

Chapter 1 and 2 is a Witness against Israel, Samaria is to be destroyed

Destruction in Israel and Judah (735-710BC per Marilyn Hickey Ministries)

1: 1 The (A)word of the LORD which came to (B)Micah of Moresheth in the days of (C)Jotham, (D)Ahaz, and (E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 Hear, you peoples, all of [a]you; (F)Listen carefully, earth and [b]all it contains, And may the Lord [c]GOD be a (G)witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.

3 For behold, the LORD is (H)coming forth from His place. He will come down and (I)tread on the high places of the [d]earth.

4 (J)The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. THIS WAS A SONG IN THE PAST.

5 All this is due to the [e]wrongdoing of Jacob And the sins of the house of Israel. What is the (K)[f]wrongdoing of Jacob? Is it not (L)Samaria? What is the (M)high [g]place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? BECAUSE OF THE SIN OF JACOB THERE WOULD BE JUDGEMENT.

6 For I will make Samaria a (N)heap of ruins [h]in the open country, (O)Planting places for a vineyard. I will (P)hurl her stones down into the valley, And (Q)lay bare her foundations.

7 All of her (R)idols will be crushed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire, And all of her images I will make desolate; For she collected them from a (S)prostitute’s earnings, And to the earnings of a prostitute they will return. JEWELRY FROM EVIL.

8 Because of this I must mourn and wail, I must go (T)barefoot and naked; I must do mourning like the (U)jackals, And a mourning like the ostriches. PLEASE DON’T DO THIS. 😊

9 For her (V)wound is incurable, For (W)it has come to Judah; It has reached the (X)gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.

10 (Y)Do not tell it in Gath, Do not weep at all. At [i]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust in mourning.

11 [j]Go on your way, inhabitant of [k]Shaphir, in (Z)shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of [l](AA)Zaanan does not [m]escape. The mourning of [n]Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its [o]support.”

12 For the inhabitant of [p]Maroth [q](AB)Waits for something good, Because a disaster has come down from the LORD To the (AC)gate of Jerusalem. SOMETIMES BAD COMES FROM GOD.

13 Harness the chariot to the team of horses, You inhabitant of (AD)Lachish—She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion—Because in you were found The (AE)rebellious acts of Israel. THEY WOULD FOLLOW THE LORD THEN LEAVE. ARE WE REBELLIOUS?

14 Therefore you will give parting (AF)gifts In behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of (AG)Achzib will become a [r](AH)deception To the kings of Israel.

15 Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, You inhabitant of [s](AI)Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter (AJ)Adullam. I pray I see the glory of God someday.

16 Shave yourself (AK)bald, yes, cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will (AL)go from you into exile. GOD IS HELPING ME. :)

Footnotes

1. Micah 1:2 Lit them

2. Micah 1:2 Lit its fullness

3. Micah 1:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

4. Micah 1:3 Or land

5. Micah 1:5 Or rebellion

6. Micah 1:5 Or rebellion

7. Micah 1:5 Lit places

8. Micah 1:6 Lit of the field

9. Micah 1:10 I.e., house of dust

10. Micah 1:11 I.e., Go into captivity

11. Micah 1:11 I.e., pleasantness

12. Micah 1:11 I.e., going out

13. Micah 1:11 Lit go out

14. Micah 1:11 I.e., the house beside

15. Micah 1:11 Lit standing place

16. Micah 1:12 I.e., bitterness

17. Micah 1:12 Or possibly has been in agony for

18. Micah 1:14 Heb achzab, wordplay on Achzib

19. Micah 1:15 I.e., possession

Woe to Oppressors

2:1 Woe to those who (A)devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! [a](B)When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the (C)power of their hands.

2 They (D)covet fields, so they (E)seize them; And houses, so they take them. They [b](F)exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.

3 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am (G)planning against this (H)family a catastrophe From which you (I)cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk (J)haughtily, For it will be an (K)evil time. AGAIN, THE LORD CAN CAUSE EVIL.

4 On that day they will (L)take up against you a [c]song of mocking And [d](M)utter a song of mourning and say, ‘We are completely (N)destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He (O)apportions our fields.’ SOMETIMES THERE ARE SONGS OF JOY, SOMETIMES OF MOURNING.