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,book #cc ,micah  #jja3jja ,the word of 
,yahweh that came to ,micah the         
,morashtite in the days          of     
,jotham1 ,ahaz1 and ,hezekiah1 kings of 
,judah1 which he saw          concerning
 ,samaria and ,jerusalem4  #jja3jjb     
,hear1 you peoples1 all of you4         
,listen1 ,o earth1 and all that         
is therein3  and let the ,lord ,yahweh  
be witness against you1          the    
,lord from his holy temple4  #jja3jjc   
,for1 behold1 ,yahweh comes forth out of
 his place1 and will come          down 
and tread on the high places of the     
earth4  #jja3jjd ,the mountains melt    
under him1 and the valleys split apart1 
like wax before the fire1 like waters   
that are poured down          a steep   
place4  #jja3jje ,all this is for the   
disobedience of ,jacob1 and for the sins
          of the house of ,israel4      
,what is the disobedience          of   
,jacob8  ,isn't it ,samaria8  ,and what 

are the high places          of ,judah8 
,aren't they ,jerusalem8  #jja3jjf      
,therefore ,i will make ,samaria like a 
rubble heap of the field1          like 
places for planting vineyards2 and ,i   
will pour down its          stones into 
the valley1 and ,i will uncover its     
foundations4  #jja3jjg ,all her idols   
will be beaten to pieces1 and all her   
temple gifts          will be burned    
with fire1 and all her images ,i will   
destroy2          for of the hire of a  
prostitute has she gathered them1       
and to the hire of a prostitute shall   
they return4  #jja3jjh ,for this ,i will
 lament and wail2 ,i will go stripped   
and naked2          ,i will howl like   
the jackals1 and moan like the daughters
 of owls4  #jja3jji ,for her wounds are 
incurable2 for it has come even to      
,judah4          ,it reaches to the gate
 of my people1 even to ,jerusalem4      
#jja3jaj ,don't tell it in ,gath4       
,don't weep at all4  ,at ,beth          
,ophrah,beth ,ophrah          means     

literally ,house of ,dust4 ,i have      
rolled myself          in the dust4     
#jja3jaa ,pass on1 inhabitant of        
,shaphir1 in nakedness and shame4       
,the inhabitant of ,zaanan won't come   
out4  ,the wailing          of ,beth    
,ezel will take from you his protection4
  #jja3jab ,for the inhabitant of       
,maroth waits anxiously for good1       
because evil has come down from ,yahweh 
to the gate of ,jerusalem4  #jja3jac    
,harness the chariot to the swift steed1
 inhabitant of ,lachish4          ,she  
was the beginning of sin to the daughter
 of ,zion2 ,for the                     
transgressions of ,israel were found in 
you4  #jja3jad ,therefore you will give 
a parting gift to ,moresheth ,gath4     
,the houses of ,achzib will be a        
deceitful thing to the          kings of
 ,israel4  #jja3jae ,i will yet bring to
 you1 inhabitant of ,mareshah4          
,he who is the glory of ,israel will    
come to ,adullam4  #jja3jaf ,shave your 
heads1 and cut off your hair for the    

children          of your delight4      
,enlarge your baldness like the vulture2
          for they have gone into       
captivity from you6  #jjb3jja ,woe to   
those who devise iniquity and work evil 
on their beds6          ,when the       
morning is light1 they practice it1     
because it          is in the power of  
their hand4  #jjb3jjb ,they covet       
fields1 and seize them2 and houses1 and 
take them away3          and they       
oppress a man and his house1 even a man 
and his heritage4  #jjb3jjc ,therefore  
thus says ,yahweh3  ,behold1 ,i am      
planning against these          people a
 disaster1 from which you will not      
remove your necks1          neither will
 you walk haughtily2 for it is an evil  
time4  #jjb3jjd ,in that day they will  
take up a parable against you1 and      
lament          with a doleful          
lamentation1 saying1 ',we are utterly   
ruined6          ,my people's possession
 is divided up4  ,indeed he takes it    
from me and assigns our fields to       

traitors6'  #jjb3jje ,therefore you will
 have no one who divides the land by lot
          in the assembly of ,yahweh4   
#jjb3jjf ,don't prophesy6  ,they        
prophesy4  ,don't prophesy about        
these things4  ,disgrace won't overtake 
us4  #jjb3jjg ,shall it be said1 ,o     
house of ,jacob3  ,is the ,spirit of    
,yahweh angry8          ,are these his  
doings8  ,don't my words do good to him 
who walks blamelessly8  #jjb3jjh ,but   
lately my people have risen up as an    
enemy4  ,you strip          the robe and
 clothing from those who pass by without
 a care1          returning from battle4
  #jjb3jji ,you drive the women of my   
people out from their pleasant houses2  
from their young children you take away 
my blessing forever4  #jjb3jaj ,arise1  
and depart6  ,for this is not your      
resting place1 because of               
uncleanness that destroys1 even with a  
grievous destruction4  #jjb3jaa ,if a   
man walking in a spirit of falsehood    
lies3          ,i will prophesy to you  

of wine and of strong drink2          he
 would be the prophet of this people4   
#jjb3jab ,i will surely assemble1       
,jacob1 all of you2 ,i will surely      
gather          the remnant of ,israel2 
,i will put them together as the sheep  
of ,bozrah1 as a flock in the midst of  
their pasture2          they will swarm 
with people4  #jjb3jac ,he who breaks   
open the way goes up before them4       
,they break through the gate1 and go    
out4  ,and their king          passes on
 before them1 with ,yahweh at their     
head4  #jjc3jja ,i said1 ,please listen1
 you heads of ,jacob1 and rulers        
of the house of ,israel3  ,isn't it for 
you to know justice8  #jjc3jjb ,you who 
hate the good1 and love the evil2 who   
tear off their skin1          and their 
flesh from off their bones2  #jjc3jjc   
who also eat the flesh of my people1 and
 flay their skin from          off them1
 and break their bones1 and chop them in
 pieces1          as for the pot1 and as
 flesh within the caldron4  #jjc3jjd    

,then they will cry to ,yahweh1 but he  
will not answer them4          ,yes1 he 
will hide his face from them at that    
time1 because they          made their  
deeds evil4  #jjc3jje ,thus says ,yahweh
 concerning the prophets who lead my    
people astray2          for those who   
feed their teeth1 they proclaim1 ,peace6
          and whoever doesn't provide   
for their mouths1 they prepare          
war against him3  #jjc3jjf ,therefore   
night is over you1 with no vision1 and  
it is dark          to you1 that you may
 not divine2 and the sun will go down on
          the prophets1 and the day will
 be black over them4  #jjc3jjg ,the     
seers shall be disappointed1 and the    
diviners confounded4          ,yes1 they
 shall all cover their lips2 for there  
is no          answer from ,god4        
#jjc3jjh ,but as for me1 ,i am full of  
power by the ,spirit of ,yahweh1        
and of judgment1 and of might1 to       
declare to ,jacob his disobedience1     
and to ,israel his sin4  #jjc3jji       

,please listen to this1 you heads of the
 house of ,jacob1          and rulers of
 the house of ,israel1 who abhor        
justice1          and pervert all       
equity4  #jjc3jaj ,they build up ,zion  
with blood1 and ,jerusalem with         
iniquity4  #jjc3jaa ,her leaders judge  
for bribes1 and her priests teach for a 
price1          and her prophets of it  
tell fortunes for money3  yet they      
lean on ,yahweh1 and say1 ,isn't ,yahweh
 in the midst of us8          ,no       
disaster will come on us4  #jjc3jab     
,therefore ,zion for your sake will be  
plowed like a field1          and       
,jerusalem will become heaps of rubble1 
and the mountain          of the temple 
like the high places of a forest4       
#jjd3jja ,but in the latter days1 it    
will happen that the mountain of        
,yahweh's temple will be established on 
the top of the mountains1          and  
it will be exalted above the hills2 and 
peoples will          stream to it4     
#jjd3jjb ,many nations will go and say1 

,come1 and let us go up to          the 
mountain of ,yahweh1 and to the house of
 the ,god of ,jacob2          and he    
will teach us of his ways1 and we will  
walk in his paths4          ,for out of 
,zion will go forth the law1 and the    
word of          ,yahweh from           
,jerusalem2  #jjd3jjc and he will judge 
between many peoples1 and will decide   
concerning strong nations afar off4     
,they will beat their          swords   
into plowshares1 and their spears into  
pruning hooks4          ,nation will not
 lift up sword against nation1 neither  
will          they learn war any more4  
#jjd3jjd ,but they will sit every man   
under his vine and under his fig tree2  
and no one will make them afraid3  ,for 
the mouth of ,yahweh          of ,armies
 has spoken4  #jjd3jje ,indeed all the  
nations may walk in the name of their   
gods2          but we will walk in the  
name of ,yahweh our ,god forever and    
ever4  #jjd3jjf ,in that day1 says      
,yahweh1 ,i will assemble that which is 

lame1          and ,i will gather that  
which is driven away1 and that which    
,i have afflicted2  #jjd3jjg and ,i will
 make that which was lame a remnant1 and
 that which          was cast far off a 
strong nation3  and ,yahweh will reign  
over them on ,mount ,zion from then on1 
even forever4  #jjd3jjh ,you1 tower of  
the flock1 the hill of the daughter of  
,zion1          to you it will come1    
yes1 the former dominion will come1     
the kingdom of the daughter of          
,jerusalem4  #jjd3jji ,now why do you   
cry out aloud8  ,is there no king in    
you8          ,has your counselor       
perished1 that pains have taken hold of 
you          as of a woman in travail8  
#jjd3jaj ,be in pain1 and labor to bring
 forth1 daughter of ,zion1 like a       
woman in travail2 for now you will go   
forth out of the city1          and will
 dwell in the field1 and will come even 
to ,babylon4          ,there you will be
 rescued4  ,there ,yahweh will redeem   
you          from the hand of your      

enemies4  #jjd3jaa ,now many nations    
have assembled against you1 that say1   
,let her be defiled1 and let our eye    
gloat over ,zion4  #jjd3jab ,but they   
don't know the thoughts of ,yahweh1     
neither do they          understand his 
counsel2 for he has gathered them like  
the sheaves          to the threshing   
floor4  #jjd3jac ,arise and thresh1     
daughter of ,zion2 for ,i will make your
 horn iron1          and ,i will make   
your hoofs brass2 and you will beat in  
pieces          many peoples3  and ,i   
will devote their gain to ,yahweh1      
and their substance to the ,lord of the 
whole earth4  #jje3jja ,now you shall   
gather yourself in troops1 daughter of  
troops4          ,he has laid siege     
against us4  ,they will strike the judge
          of ,israel with a rod on the  
cheek4  #jje3jjb ,but you1 ,bethlehem   
,ephrathah1 being small among the clans 
of ,judah1          out of you one will 
come forth to me that is to be ruler in 
,israel2          whose goings forth are

 from of old1 from everlasting4         
#jje3jjc ,therefore he will abandon them
 until the time that she who is         
in labor gives birth4  ,then the rest of
 his brothers will          return to   
the children of ,israel4  #jje3jjd ,he  
shall stand1 and shall shepherd in the  
strength          of ,yahweh1 in the    
majesty of the name of ,yahweh his ,god3
          and they will live1 for then  
he will be great to the ends          of
 the earth4  #jje3jje ,he will be our   
peace when ,assyria invades our land1   
and when he marches through our         
fortresses1 then we will raise          
against him seven shepherds1 and eight  
leaders of men4  #jje3jjf ,they will    
rule the land of ,assyria with the      
sword1 and the land          of ,nimrod 
in its gates4  ,he will deliver us from 
the ,assyrian1          when he invades 
our land1 and when he marches within our
 border4  #jje3jjg ,the remnant of      
,jacob will be in the midst of many     
peoples1          like dew from ,yahweh1

 like showers on the grass1 that don't  
wait for man1 nor wait for the sons of  
men4  #jje3jjh ,the remnant of ,jacob   
will be among the nations1 in the midst 
of many peoples1 like a lion among the  
animals of the forest1          like a  
young lion among the flocks of sheep2   
who1 if he          goes through1 treads
 down and tears in pieces1 and there    
is no one to deliver4  #jje3jji ,let    
your hand be lifted up above your       
adversaries1 and let          all of    
your enemies be cut off4  #jje3jaj ,it  
will happen in that day1 says ,yahweh1  
,that ,i will          cut off your     
horses out of the midst of you1 and will
          destroy your chariots4        
#jje3jaa ,i will cut off the cities of  
your land1 and will tear down           
all your strongholds4  #jje3jab ,i will 
destroy witchcraft from your hand2 and  
you shall          have no soothsayers4 
#jje3jac ,i will cut off your engraved  
images and your pillars out          of 
your midst2 and you shall no more       

worship the work          of your hands4
  #jje3jad ,i will uproot your ,asherim 
out of your midst2 and ,i will          
destroy your cities4  #jje3jae ,i will  
execute vengeance in anger1 and wrath on
 the nations          that didn't       
listen4  #jjf3jja ,listen now to what   
,yahweh says3  ,arise1 plead your case  
before          the mountains1 and let  
the hills hear what you have to say4    
#jjf3jjb ,hear1 you mountains1 ,yahweh's
 controversy1 and you enduring          
foundations of the earth2 for ,yahweh   
has a controversy          with his     
people1 and he will contend with        
,israel4  #jjf3jjc ,my people1 what have
 ,i done to you8  ,how have ,i burdened 
you8          ,answer me6  #jjf3jjd ,for
 ,i brought you up out of the land of   
,egypt1 and redeemed          you out of
 the house of bondage4  ,i sent before  
you          ,moses1 ,aaron1 and        
,miriam4  #jjf3jje ,my people1 remember 
now what ,balak king of ,moab devised1  
and what ,balaam the son of ,beor       

answered him from ,shittim          to  
,gilgal1 that you may know the righteous
 acts of ,yahweh4  #jjf3jjf ,how shall  
,i come before ,yahweh1 and bow myself  
before the          exalted ,god8       
,shall ,i come before him with burnt    
offerings1          with calves a year  
old8  #jjf3jjg ,will ,yahweh be pleased 
with thousands of rams8  ,with tens of  
thousands          of rivers of oil8    
,shall ,i give my firstborn for my      
disobedience8          ,the fruit of my 
body for the sin of my soul8  #jjf3jjh  
,he has shown you1 ,o man1 what is good4
  ,what does ,yahweh require          of
 you1 but to act justly1 to love mercy1 
and to walk humbly          with your   
,god8  #jjf3jji ,yahweh's voice calls to
 the city1 and wisdom sees your name3   
,listen to the rod1 and he who appointed
 it4  #jjf3jaj ,are there yet treasures 
of wickedness in the house of the       
wicked1          and a short ephah,an   
ephah is a measure of volume1 and a     
short          ephah is made smaller    

than a full ephah for the purpose       
of cheating customers4 that is accursed8
  #jjf3jaa ,shall ,i be pure with       
dishonest scales1 and with a bag        
of deceitful weights8  #jjf3jab ,her    
rich men are full of violence1 her      
inhabitants speak lies1          and    
their tongue is deceitful in their      
speech4  #jjf3jac ,therefore ,i also    
have struck you with a grievous wound4  
,i have made you desolate because of    
your sins4  #jjf3jad ,you shall eat1 but
 not be satisfied4  ,your humiliation   
will be in your midst4  ,you will store 
up1 but not save2          and that     
which you save ,i will give up to the   
sword4  #jjf3jae ,you will sow1 but     
won't reap4  ,you will tread the olives1
          but won't anoint yourself with
 oil2 and crush grapes1          but    
won't drink the wine4  #jjf3jaf ,for the
 statutes of ,omri are kept1 and all the
 works of the house          of ,ahab4  
,you walk in their counsels1 that ,i may
 make you a ruin1          and her      

inhabitants a hissing2 ,and you will    
bear the reproach          of my people4
  #jjg3jja ,misery is mine6  ,indeed1 ,i
 am like one who gathers the summer     
fruits1          as gleanings of the    
vineyard3  ,there is no cluster of      
grapes to eat4          ,my soul desires
 to eat the early fig4  #jjg3jjb ,the   
godly man has perished out of the earth1
 and there is          no one upright   
among men4  ,they all lie in wait for   
blood2          every man hunts his     
brother with a net4  #jjg3jjc ,their    
hands are on that which is evil to do it
 diligently4          ,the ruler and    
judge ask for a bribe2 and the powerful 
man dictates          the evil desire of
 his soul4  ,thus they conspire         
together4  #jjg3jjd ,the best of them is
 like a brier4  ,the most upright is    
worse than          a thorn hedge4  ,the
 day of your watchmen1 even your        
visitation1          has come2 now is   
the time of their confusion4  #jjg3jje  
,don't trust in a neighbor4  ,don't put 

confidence in a friend4          ,with  
the woman lying in your embrace1 be     
careful of the words          of your   
mouth6  #jjg3jjf ,for the son dishonors 
the father1 the daughter rises up       
against          her mother1 the        
daughter-in-law against her             
mother-in-law2          a man's enemies 
are the men of his own house4  #jjg3jjg 
,but as for me1 ,i will look to ,yahweh4
  ,i will wait for the ,god          of 
my salvation4  ,my ,god will hear me4   
#jjg3jjh ,don't rejoice against me1 my  
enemy4  ,when ,i fall1 ,i will arise4   
,when ,i sit in darkness1 ,yahweh will  
be a light to me4  #jjg3jji ,i will bear
 the indignation of ,yahweh1 because ,i 
have          sinned against him1 until 
he pleads my case1 and executes         
judgment for me4  ,he will bring me     
forth to the light4          ,i will see
 his righteousness4  #jjg3jaj ,then my  
enemy will see it1 and shame will cover 
her who said to me1          where is   
,yahweh your ,god8  ,then my enemy will 

see me and will          cover her      
shame4  ,now she will be trodden down   
like the mire          of the streets4  
#jjg3jaa ,a day to build your walls--,in
 that day1 he will extend your boundary4
  #jjg3jab ,in that day they will come  
to you from ,assyria and the cities     
of ,egypt1 and from ,egypt even to the  
,river1 and from sea to sea1            
and mountain to mountain4  #jjg3jac ,yet
 the land will be desolate because of   
those who dwell therein1          for   
the fruit of their doings4  #jjg3jad    
,shepherd your people with your staff1  
the flock of your heritage1          who
 dwell by themselves in a forest1 in the
 midst of          fertile pasture land1
 let them feed2 in ,bashan and ,gilead1 
as in the days of old4  #jjg3jae ,as in 
the days of your coming forth out of the
 land          of ,egypt1 ,i will show  
them marvelous things4  #jjg3jaf ,the   
nations will see and be ashamed of all  
their might4          ,they will lay    
their hand on their mouth4  ,their ears 

will be deaf4  #jjg3jag ,they will lick 
the dust like a serpent4  ,like crawling
 things          of the earth they shall
 come trembling out of their dens4      
,they will come with fear to ,yahweh our
 ,god1 and will be afraid               
because of you4  #jjg3jah ,who is a ,god
 like you1 who pardons iniquity1 and    
passes          over the disobedience of
 the remnant of his heritage8           
,he doesn't retain his anger forever1   
because he delights          in loving  
kindness4  #jjg3jai ,he will again have 
compassion on us4  ,he will tread our   
iniquities          under foot2 and you 
will cast all their sins into the depths
          of the sea4  #jjg3jbj ,you    
will give truth to ,jacob1 and mercy to 
,abraham1 as you          have sworn to 
our fathers from the days of old4