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Book of Micah, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Micah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ The 1word of the LORD which came to 2Micah of Moresheth in the days of 3Jotham, 4Ahaz and 5Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
  2. ¶ Hear, O peoples, all of [a]you;
    6Listen, O earth and [b]all it contains,
    And let the Lord [c]GOD be a 7witness against you,
    The Lord from His holy temple.
  3. For behold, the LORD is 8coming forth from His place.
    He will come down and 9tread on the high places of the [d]earth.
  4. 10The mountains will melt under Him
    And the valleys will be split,
    Like wax before the fire,
    Like water poured down a steep place.
  5. All this is for the rebellion of Jacob
    And for the sins of the house of Israel.
    What is the 11rebellion of Jacob?
    Is it not 12Samaria?
    What is the 13high [e]place of Judah?
    Is it not Jerusalem?
  6. For I will make Samaria a 14heap of ruins [f]in the open country,
    15Planting places for a vineyard.
    I will 16pour her stones down into the valley
    And will 17lay bare her foundations.
  7. All of her 18idols will be smashed,
    All of her earnings will be burned with fire
    And all of her images I will make desolate,
    For she collected them from a 19harlot’s earnings,
    And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
  8. ¶ Because of this I must lament and wail,
    I must go 20barefoot and naked;
    I must make a lament like the 21jackals
    And a mourning like the ostriches.
  9. For her [g]22wound is incurable,
    For 23it has come to Judah;
    It has reached the 24gate of my people,
    Even to Jerusalem.
  10. 25Tell it not in Gath,
    Weep not at all.
    At [h]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
  11. [i]Go on your way, inhabitant of [j]Shaphir, in 26shameful nakedness.
    The inhabitant of [k]27Zaanan does not [l]escape.
    The lamentation of [m]Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its [n]support.”
  12. For the inhabitant of [o]Maroth
    Becomes weak 28waiting for good,
    Because a calamity has come down from the LORD
    To the 29gate of Jerusalem.
  13. Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
    O inhabitant of 30Lachish—
    She was the beginning of sin
    To the daughter of Zion—
    Because in you were found
    The 31rebellious acts of Israel.
  14. Therefore you will give parting 32gifts
    On behalf of Moresheth-gath;
    The houses of 33Achzib will become a 34deception
    To the kings of Israel.
  15. Moreover, I will bring on you
    The one who takes possession,
    O inhabitant of [p]35Mareshah.
    The glory of Israel will enter 36Adullam.
  16. Make yourself 37bald and cut off your hair,
    Because of the children of your delight;
    Extend your baldness like the eagle,
    For they will 38go from you into exile.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit them
  2. ^ Lit its fullness
  3. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  4. ^ Or land
  5. ^ Lit places
  6. ^ Lit of the field
  7. ^ Lit wounds
  8. ^ I.e. house of dust
  9. ^ I.e. Go into captivity
  10. ^ I.e. pleasantness
  11. ^ I.e. going out
  12. ^ Lit go out
  13. ^ I.e. house of removal
  14. ^ Lit standing place
  15. ^ I.e. bitterness
  16. ^ I.e. possession

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Pe 1:21
  2. ^ Je 26:18
  3. ^ 2Ki 15:5, 32-38; 2Ch 27:1-9; Is 1:1; Ho 1:1
  4. ^ 2Ki 16:1-20; 2Ch 28:1-27; Is 7:1-12
  5. ^ 2Ki 18:1-20; 2Ch 29:1-31
  6. ^ Je 6:19; 22:29
  7. ^ Is 50:7
  8. ^ Is 26:21
  9. ^ Am 4:13
  10. ^ Ps 97:5; Is 64:1, 2; Na 1:5
  11. ^ Je 2:19
  12. ^ Is 7:9; Am 8:14
  13. ^ 2Ch 34:3, 4
  14. ^ 2Ki 19:25; Mc 3:12
  15. ^ Je 31:5; Am 5:11
  16. ^ La 4:1
  17. ^ Eze 13:14
  18. ^ De 9:21; 2Ch 34:7
  19. ^ De 23:18; Is 23:17
  20. ^ Is 32:11
  21. ^ Is 13:21, 22
  22. ^ Is 3:26; Je 30:12, 15
  23. ^ 2Ki 18:13; Is 8:7, 8
  24. ^ Mc 1:12
  25. ^ 2Sa 1:20
  26. ^ Eze 23:29
  27. ^ Jos 15:37
  28. ^ Is 59:9-11; Je 14:19
  29. ^ Mc 1:9
  30. ^ Jos 10:3; 2Ki 14:19; Is 36:2
  31. ^ Mc 1:5
  32. ^ 2Ki 16:8
  33. ^ Jos 15:44
  34. ^ Je 15:18
  35. ^ Jos 15:44
  36. ^ Jos 12:15; 15:35; 2Sa 23:13
  37. ^ Is 22:12
  38. ^ 2Ki 17:6; Am 7:11, 17

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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