| 1 | The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. | Mic 1:14 Mic 1:15 Jer 26:18 |
| 2 | Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, earth, and all that is therein: And let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, The Lord from his holy temple. | Mic 6:1 Mic 6:2 Dt 32:1 Ps 49:1 Ps 49:2 Ps 50:1 Isa 1:2 Jer 22:29 Mk 7:14-16 Rev 2:7 Rev 2:11 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:29 Rev 3:6 Rev 3:13 Rev 3:22 |
| 3 | For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, And will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. | Isa 26:21 Isa 64:1 Isa 64:2 Ezk 3:12 Hos 5:14 Hos 5:15 |
| 4 | The mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep place. | Jg 5:4 Ps 97:5 Isa 64:1-3 Am 9:5 Nah 1:5 Hab 3:6 Hab 3:10 2Pe 3:10-12 Rev 20:11 |
| 5 | All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? aren`t they Jerusalem? | 2Ki 17:7-23 2Ch 36:14-16 Isa 50:1 Isa 50:2 Isa 59:1-15 Jer 2:17 Jer 2:19 Jer 4:18 Jer 5:25 Jer 6:19 Lam 5:16 1Th 2:15 1Th 2:16 |
| 6 | Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones of it into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations of it. | Mic 3:12 2Ki 19:25 Isa 25:2 Isa 25:12 Jer 9:11 Jer 51:37 Hos 13:16 |
| 7 | All her engraved images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return. | Lv 26:30 2Ki 23:14 2Ki 23:15 2Ch 31:1 2Ch 34:6 2Ch 34:7 Isa 27:9 Hos 8:6 Hos 10:5 Hos 10:6 |
| 8 | For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. | Isa 16:9 Isa 21:3 Isa 22:4 Jer 4:19 Jer 9:1 Jer 9:10 Jer 9:19 Jer 48:36-39 |
| 9 | For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even to Judah; it reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. | Isa 1:5 Isa 1:6 Jer 15:18 Jer 30:11-15 |
| 10 | Don`t tell it in Gath, don`t weep at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. | 2Sa 1:20 Am 5:13 Am 6:10 |
| 11 | Pass away, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan hasn`t come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay of it. | Isa 16:2 Jer 48:6 Jer 48:9 |
| 12 | For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem. | Ru 1:20 |
| 13 | Bind 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. | Jsh 15:39 2Ki 18:13 2Ki 18:14 2Ki 18:17 2Ch 11:9 2Ch 32:9 Isa 37:8 |
| 14 | Therefore shall you give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel. | 2Sa 8:2 2Ki 16:8 2Ki 18:14-16 2Ch 16:1-3 Isa 30:6 |
| 15 | I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah, him who shall possess you: the glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam. | Isa 7:17-25 Isa 10:5 Isa 10:6 Jer 49:1 |
| 16 | Make you bald, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight: enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you. | Jb 1:20 Isa 15:2 Isa 22:12 Jer 6:26 Jer 7:29 Jer 16:6 Am 8:10 |
Shepherd's Stream uses the World English Bible for Bible Stream. The World English Bible (WEB) is a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901. The American Standard Version was a minor American revision of the English Revised Version of 1881 and became the foundation of several 20th century American versions, including the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New American Standard Bible (NASB).