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Micah 1:1
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The word of the LORD that came to Mikhah the Morashti in the days of Yotam, Achaz, and Chizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah, which he saw concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim.
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Micah 1:2
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Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: And let the Lord GOD be witness against you, The Lord from his holy temple.
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Micah 1:3
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For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, And will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
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Micah 1:4
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The mountains melt under him, And the valleys split apart, Like wax before the fire, Like waters that are poured down a steep place.
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Micah 1:5
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"All this is for the disobedience of Ya`akov, And for the sins of the house of Yisra'el. What is the disobedience of Ya`akov? Isn't it Shomron? And what are the high places of Yehudah? Aren't they Yerushalayim?
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Micah 1:6
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Therefore I will make Shomron like a rubble heap of the field, Like places for planting vineyards; And I will pour down its stones into the valley, And I will uncover its foundations.
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Micah 1:7
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All her idols will be beaten to pieces, And all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, And all her images I will destroy; For of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, And to the hire of a prostitute shall they return."
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Micah 1:8
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For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, And moan like the daughters of owls.
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Micah 1:9
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For her wounds are incurable; For it has come even to Yehudah. It reaches to the gate of my people, Even to Yerushalayim.
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Micah 1:10
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Don't tell it in Gat, Don't weep at all. At Beit-La`afrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
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Micah 1:11
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Pass on, inhabitant of Shafir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Tza'anan won't come out. The wailing of Beit-Ha`etzel will take from you his protection.
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Micah 1:12
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For the inhabitant of Marot waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Yerushalayim.
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Micah 1:13
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Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lakhish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Tziyon; For the transgressions of Yisra'el were found in you.
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Micah 1:14
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Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moreshet-Gat. The houses of Akhziv will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Yisra'el.
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Micah 1:15
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I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah, He who is the glory of Yisra'el will come to `Adullam.
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Micah 1:16
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Shave your heads, And cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the rakham; For they have gone into captivity from you!
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