< Micah 1 >
1 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
The word of the Lord that came to Micheas the Morasthite, in the days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 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
Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 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
For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 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
And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place.
5 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
For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem?
6 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
And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.
7 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
And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols: for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the hire of a harlot they shall return.
8 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
Therefore will I lament and howl: I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.
9 for be incurable wound her for to come (in): come till Judah to touch till gate people my till Jerusalem
Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people even to Jerusalem.
10 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)*)
Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.
11 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
And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the Beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the House adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.
12 for to twist: anticipate to/for good to dwell Maroth for to go down bad: evil from with LORD to/for gate Jerusalem
For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.
13 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
A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion, for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.
14 to/for so to give: give parting gift upon Moresheth-gath Moresheth-gath house: home Achzib to/for deceptive to/for king Israel
Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.
15 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
Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come.
16 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
Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.