< Micah 1 >
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
word LORD which to be to(wards) Micah [the] Moreshethite in/on/with day Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah king Judah which to see upon Samaria and Jerusalem
2 Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
to hear: hear people all their to listen land: country/planet and fullness her and to be Lord YHWH/God in/on/with you to/for witness Lord from temple holiness his
3 For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
for behold LORD to come out: come from place his and to go down and to tread upon (high place *Q(k)*) land: country/planet
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
and to melt [the] mountain: mount underneath: under him and [the] valley to break up/open like/as wax from face: before [the] fire like/as water to pour in/on/with descent
5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
in/on/with transgression Jacob all this and in/on/with sin house: household Israel who? transgression Jacob not Samaria and who? high place Judah not Jerusalem
6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
and to set: make Samaria to/for ruin [the] land: country to/for plantation vineyard and to pour to/for valley stone her and foundation her to reveal: uncover
7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.
and all idol her to crush and all wages her to burn in/on/with fire and all idol her to set: make devastation for from wages to fornicate to gather and till wages to fornicate to return: return
8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
upon this to mourn and to wail to go: went (barefoot *Q(K)*) and naked to make mourning like/as jackal and mourning like/as daughter ostrich
9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
for be incurable wound her for to come (in): come till Judah to touch till gate people my till Jerusalem
10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
in/on/with Gath not to tell to weep not to weep in/on/with Beth-le-aphrah Beth-le-aphrah dust (to wallow *Q(K)*)
11 Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
to pass to/for you to dwell Shaphir nakedness shame not to come out: come to dwell Zaanan mourning Beth-ezel Beth-ezel to take: take from you support his
12 For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
for to twist: anticipate to/for good to dwell Maroth for to go down bad: evil from with LORD to/for gate Jerusalem
13 Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
to bind [the] chariot to/for steed to dwell Lachish first: beginning sin he/she/it to/for daughter Zion for in/on/with you to find transgression Israel
14 Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
to/for so to give: give parting gift upon Moresheth-gath Moresheth-gath house: home Achzib to/for deceptive to/for king Israel
15 I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
still [the] to possess: take to come (in): bring to/for you to dwell Mareshah till (Adullam *L(abh)*) to come (in): come glory Israel
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
to make bald and to shear upon son: child luxury your to enlarge bald spot your like/as eagle for to reveal: remove from you