1 This is the word of Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. These are his visions concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear all you peoples, let the earth listen and all who are in it. For Yahweh is witnessing against you from his holy temple.
3 Yahweh has come forth from his place, he comes down and treads upon the heights of the earth.
4 Beneath him mountains collapse and valleys melt like wax before the fire, as torrents pouring down the hillside.
5 All this for the crime of Jacob, for the sin of the nation of Judah. What is the crime of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the sin of the nation of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, a place for planting vineyards. I will scatter her stones down into the valley and lay her foundations bare.
7 All her carved images will be dashed to pieces and her filthy idols burnt by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her idols for they were made with harlot's wages, and to harlot's wages they will return.
8 For this reason I lament and wail, go barefoot and naked. I shall howl like a jackal and wail like an ostrich.
9 For her wound cannot be healed; rather it has come to Judah. It has reached the capital of my people, Jerusalem.
10 Exult not in Gath; break down and weep in Acco. In Beth-leaphra roll in the dust.
11 Sound the bugle, O people of Shaphir and do not let the dwellers in Zaanan come forth. Mourn greatly, Beth Ezel: your treasures are taken away.
12 Surely they trembled, the people in Maroth, when calamity came down from Yahweh to the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Hitch the horses to the chariot, citizens of Lachish. In you the rebellions of Israel were found and because of you Zion began to sin.
14 Therefore you must give a redress to Moresheth-Gath. The houses of Achzib have become deceitful to the kings of Israel.
15 Again I will bring the conqueror to you, people of Maresha, and the elite of Israel will leave forever.
16 Shave your hair for your delightful children. Make yourself bald as an eagle for they have been deported far from you.
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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