Micah 1 (NET)

Micah 1:1¹This is the Lord’ s message that came to Micah of Moresheth during the time of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 26:18Isa 1:1Hos 1:1Amos 1:12 Chr 27:1-9Amos 2:4-8Amos 3:1-2Amos 6:1Hos 12:1-2Hos 4:15

Micah 1:2²Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The Sovereign Lord will act as a witness against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:2Ps 11:4Hab 2:20Jer 22:29Jonah 2:7Mal 3:5Mark 7:14-15Mic 6:1-2Ps 49:1-2Ps 50:7

Micah 1:3³Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 4:13Isa 26:21Deut 32:13Hab 3:19Ps 115:3Deut 33:29Ezek 3:12Hos 5:14-15Isa 2:10-19Isa 25:10

Micah 1:4⁴The mountains will crumble beneath him, and the valleys will split apart like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Nah 1:5Ps 97:5Amos 9:5Hab 3:10Hab 3:6Isa 64:1-3Judg 5:4Ps 68:2Rev 20:11Zech 14:4

Micah 1:5⁵All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. And just what is Jacob’s rebellion? Isn’t it Samaria’s doings? And what is Judah’s sin? Isn’t it Jerusalem’s doings?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 8:14Jer 2:191 Thess 2:15-161 Kgs 13:322 Chr 28:2-42 Chr 28:23-252 Kgs 17:7-23Isa 50:1-2Isa 59:1-15Jer 2:17

Micah 1:6⁶“I will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field, into a place for planting vineyards. I will dump the rubble of her walls down into the valley and lay bare her foundations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 13:14Mic 3:122 Kgs 19:25Lam 4:1Amos 5:11Hab 3:13Hos 13:16Isa 25:12Isa 25:2Jer 51:25

Micah 1:7⁷All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 23:18Hos 2:12Hos 10:5-6Hos 8:6Rev 18:32 Chr 31:12 Chr 34:6-72 Kgs 23:14-15Deut 9:21Hos 2:5

Micah 1:8⁸For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 20:2-4Isa 22:4Isa 13:21Isa 16:9Isa 21:3Jer 4:19Jer 48:36-39Jer 9:1Jer 9:10Jer 9:19

Micah 1:9⁹For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and even to Jerusalem!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 30:11-152 Chr 32:1-23Isa 8:7-8Jer 15:18Mic 1:122 Kgs 18:9-13Isa 1:5-6Isa 10:28-32Isa 3:26Isa 37:22-36

Micah 1:10¹⁰Don’t spread the news in Gath. Don’t shed even a single tear. In Beth Leaphrah roll about in mourning in the dust!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:20Jer 6:26Amos 5:13Amos 6:10Job 2:8Josh 18:23Lam 3:29

Micah 1:11¹¹Residents of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation! The residents of Zaanan have not escaped. Beth Ezel mourns, “He takes from you what he desires.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 20:4Ezek 16:37Ezek 23:29Isa 16:2Isa 47:2-3Jer 13:22Jer 48:6Jer 48:9Mic 1:8Nah 3:5

Micah 1:12¹²Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:19Amos 3:6Mic 1:9Isa 45:7Isa 59:9-11Jer 8:15Job 30:261 Sam 4:13Ruth 1:20

Micah 1:13¹³Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:172 Chr 32:9Josh 10:31 Kgs 13:33-341 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 16:312 Chr 11:92 Kgs 16:3-42 Kgs 18:13-142 Kgs 8:18

Micah 1:14¹⁴Therefore you will have to say farewell to Moresheth Gath. The residents of Achzib will be as disappointing as a dried up well to the kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:442 Kgs 16:8Ps 118:8-92 Chr 16:1-32 Kgs 18:14-162 Sam 8:2Isa 30:6Jer 15:18Ps 146:3-4Ps 62:9

Micah 1:15¹⁵Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you; the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:1Josh 15:44Josh 15:352 Chr 11:7Isa 10:3Isa 10:5-6Isa 7:17-25Jer 49:1Josh 12:15

Micah 1:16¹⁶Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 22:12Jer 7:29Job 1:20Amos 8:10Jer 16:62 Kgs 17:6Deut 28:41Deut 28:56-57Isa 15:2Isa 3:16-26