Micah — Chapter 1

📖 Micah — Chapter 1 (KJV)

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Micah 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to ^RMicah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 1:2 Hear, ^Tall ye people; ^Rhearken, O earth, and ^Tall that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.

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

Micah 1:4 And ^Rthe 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 ^Ta steep place.

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

Micah 1:6 Therefore ^RI will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

Micah 1:7 And ^Rall 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.

Micah 1:8 Therefore ^RI will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the ^Towls.

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

Micah 1:10 ^RDeclare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of ^TAphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Micah 1:11 ^RPass ye away, ^Tthou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of ^TZaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

Micah 1:12 For the ^Tinhabitant of ^RMaroth ^Twaited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Micah 1:13 O thou ^Tinhabitant of ^RLachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

Micah 1:14 Therefore shalt thou ^Rgive presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of ^TAchzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Micah 1:15 Yet ^Rwill I bring an heir unto thee, O ^Tinhabitant of Mareshah: ^The shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

Micah 1:16 Make thee ^Rbald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Micah 1:1–6 — The Lord witnesses against Samaria and Jerusalem

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Micah’s message is located in the reigns of Judah’s kings and concerns both cities. All peoples are summoned to hear as the Lord comes forth, mountains melt, and Samaria’s transgression is confronted.

Key Truth: Hear correction even when it addresses your own community.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Micah 1:7–11 — Idols fall and the prophet laments

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Samaria’s images and gains are destroyed. Micah’s mourning reaches Judah and Jerusalem, and named towns are drawn into a lament of shame, dust, and loss.

Key Truth: Let judgment awaken grief rather than detached superiority.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Micah 1:12–16 — The towns face approaching loss and captivity

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The call to mourn continues through further towns, with Lachish’s connection to sin, departing gifts, and a coming heir. The final appeal calls for mourning over children going into captivity.

Key Truth: Recognize how wrongdoing reaches beyond those who began it.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Amos 3:9 — Amos also summons witnesses to Samaria’s disorder and oppression.

Amos 3:9 (KJV) Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

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