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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
And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding 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 [these] words, ye people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of his holy habitation.
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 comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go 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 shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity.
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
All these [calamities are] for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda? [is it] 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
Therefore I will make Samaria [as] a store-house of the fruits of the field, and [as] a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.
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 they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed [wealth].
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 shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and [being] naked she shall make lamentation as [that] of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.
9 for be incurable wound her for to come (in): come till Judah to touch till gate people my till Jerusalem
For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached to 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)*)
Ye that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from [the ruins of] the house in derision: sprinkle dust [in the place of] your laughter.
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
The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief.
12 for to twist: anticipate to/for good to dwell Maroth for to go down bad: evil from with LORD to/for gate Jerusalem
Who has begun [to act] for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates 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
[even] a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions 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 he cause men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth, [even] vain houses; they are become vanity to 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
until they bring the heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam, [even] the glory of the daughter of Israel.
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
Shave thine hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for [thy people] are gone into captivity from thee.