< Micah 1 >
1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshethite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw about 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 All peoples, listen. And may the earth and its fullness pay attention. And may the Lord God be a witness to 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 will go forth from his place. And he will descend, and he will trample over 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 And the mountains will be consumed under him, and the valleys will be torn apart, like wax before the face of fire, and like waters that rush swiftly downward.
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 wickedness of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the loftiness 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 And I will place Samaria like a pile of stones in the field, when a vineyard is planted. And I will pull down its stones into the valley, and I will reveal 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 And all her graven images will be cut to pieces, and all her rewards will be burned with fire, and I will place all her idols in perdition. For they have been gathered together from the pay of a kept woman, and even to the pay of a kept woman, they will return.
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 I will lament and wail about this. I will go out despoiled and naked. I will make a howl like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.
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 has been in despair. For it has come even to Judah. It has touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
for be incurable wound her for to come (in): come till Judah to touch till gate people my till Jerusalem
10 Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust.
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 And cross over to your dwelling place, Beauty, bewildered by disgrace. She did not depart, who dwells at the place of departure. The House nearby, which remained firm by herself, will receive mourning 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 she has been weakened in goodness, who dwells in bitterness. For disaster has descended from the Lord 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 A tumult of four-horse chariots has stupefied the inhabitants of Lachish. The beginning has been sin for the daughter of Zion, because in you have been found the evil deeds of Israel.
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 Because of this, she will send emissaries to the inheritance of Gath: the house of Lying in order to deceive 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 Nevertheless, I will lead an heir to you, who dwell in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will reach all the way 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 Become bald and shaved for your delicate sons. Increase your baldness like the eagle. For they have been carried into captivity from you.
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