1 The word of Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah. His visions about Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Listen, all you peoples, attend, earth and everyone on it! Yahweh intends to give evidence against you, the Lord, from his holy temple.
3 For look, Yahweh is leaving his home, down he comes, he treads the heights of earth.
4 Beneath him, the mountains melt, and valleys are torn open, like wax near a fire, like water pouring down a slope.
5 All this is because of the crime of Jacob, the sin of the House of Israel. What is the crime of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the sin of the House of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 So I shall make Samaria a ruin in the open country, a place for planting vines. I shall send her stones rolling into the valley, until I have laid her foundations bare.
7 All her images will be shattered, all her earnings consumed by fire. I shall leave all her idols derelict- they were amassed out of prostitutes' earnings and prostitutes' earnings once more they will be.
8 This is why I shall howl and wail, why I shall go barefoot and naked, why I shall howl like the jackals, why I shall shriek like the owls;
9 for there is no cure for the wounds that Yahweh inflicts: the blow falls on Judah, it falls on the gateway of my people, on Jerusalem itself.
10 Do not announce it in Gath, in . . . shed no tears! In Beth-Leaphrah roll in the dust!
11 Sound the horn, inhabitant of Shaphir! She has not left her city, she who lives in Zaanan. Beth-Ezel is torn from its foundations, from its strong supports.
12 What hope has she of happiness, she who lives in Maroth? Instead Yahweh sent down disaster on the gateway of Jerusalem itself!
13 Harness the horse to the chariot, you inhabitant of Lachish! That is where the sin of the daughter of Zion began; the crimes of Israel can be traced to you!
14 And so you must provide a dowry for Moresheth-Gath. Beth-Achzib will prove a disappointment for the kings of Israel.
15 The plunderer will come to you again, you citizen of Mareshah! And into Adullam will vanish the glory of Israel.
16 Off with your hair, shave your head, for the children that were your joy. Make yourselves bald like the vulture, for they have left you for exile.
Versículos relacionados com Micah, 1:
Chapter 1 of the book of Micah brings the message of divine judgment over the cities of Judah, Samaria and Jerusalem, because of their sins and injustices. Scouring the whole Bible, I found the following verses related to the topics addressed in this chapter:
Isaiah 10:1-2: "Woe to those who decree unfair laws, those who write laws of oppression, to deprive the poor of their rights and to snatch the right of the afflicted of my people; to strip their widows and steal the orphans!" This verse talks about the injustice and oppression that the people of Judah was practicing, which is mentioned in Micah 1.
Ezekiel 22:30: "I sought a man a man who raised the wall and put himself in the loophole before me, in favor of this land, so that I would not destroy it; but to no one I thought." In this verse, God laments that there is no one to intercede for Judah, thus avoiding the divine judgment that is about to happen, which is similar to the situation described in Micah 1.
Jeremiah 26:18: "Micah, the Morastite, prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Zion will be drawn up as a field, and Jerusalem will become In Ruins Montões, and the mount this house in high places of a woods. " This verse mentions the prophet Micah and his prophecies about the divine judgment that would happen in Judah and Jerusalem, as described in Micah 1.
Hosea 10:10: "I punished them when I wanted; people will gather against them when they are punished for their double sin." This verse talks about divine punishment that will be sent upon the people of Israel because of their sins, which is similar to the situation described in Micah 1.
Psalm 50:3: "Our God will come and will not be silent; In this verse, God is described as a judge who will come to judge his people, which is similar to the message of divine judgment present in Micah 1.
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