Micah verse by verse

[JPPT1974]

Micah 1:1:The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samria and Jersualem.

 

[barb754]

Micah 1:2 (KJV)
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

 

[doc329]

Micah 1:3 (KJV)
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

 

[barb754]

Micah 1:4 (KJV)
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

 

[doc329]

Micah 1:5 (KJV)
For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

 

[Glenda]

Mic 1:6 And I will make Samaria into ruins of the field, planting places for a vineyard; and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations.

 

[doc329]

Micah 1:7 (KJV)
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

 

[Glenda]

Mic 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like jackals, mourn like the daughters of an ostrich.

 

[doc329]

Micah 1:9 (KJV)
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

 

[kelco]

Mic 1:10 Tell it not in Gath ;
weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah
roll in the dust.

 

[barb754]

Micah 1:11 (KJV)
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

 

[Glenda]

Mic 1:12 For be grieved for good, the dweller of Maroth, for evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

 

[kelco]

Mic 1:13 You who live in Lachish,
harness the team to the chariot.
You were the beginning of sin
to the Daughter of Zion,
for the transgressions of Israel
were found in you.

 

[doc329]

Micah 1:14 (KJV)
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

 

[barb754]

Micah 1:15 (KJV)
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

 

[Glenda]

Mic 1:16 Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

 

[doc329]

Micah 2:2 (KJV)
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

 

[JPPT1974]

Micah 2:3: Therefore saith the Lord, Behold against this family do I devise an evil from which ye shall not remove your neckes neither shall ye go haughtily for this time is evil.

 

[barb754]

Micah 2:4 (KJV)
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.