Micah 1:2-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² Listen, all you peoples;^(A)
pay attention, earth^[a] and everyone in it!^(B)
The Lord God will be a witness against you,^(C)
the Lord, from His holy temple.^(D)
3 Look, the Lord is leaving His place^(E)
and coming down to trample
the heights^[b] of the earth.^(F)
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,^(G)
like water cascading down a mountainside.
⁵ All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion
and the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Isn’t it Samaria?^(H)
And what is the high place of Judah?^(I)
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
⁶ Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruins^(J) in the countryside,
a planting area^(K) for a vineyard.
I will roll her stones^(L) into the valley
and expose her foundations.^(M)
7 All her carved images will be smashed^(N) to pieces;
all her wages^(O) will be burned in the fire,
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,^(P)
they will be used again for a prostitute.