Micah 1:5-15

New International Version

⁵All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?^(A)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

⁶“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
    a place for planting vineyards.^(B)
I will pour her stones^(C) into the valley
    and lay bare her foundations.^(D)
⁷All her idols^(E) will be broken to pieces;^(F)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.^(G)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,^(H)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

Weeping and Mourning

⁸Because of this I will weep^(I) and wail;
    I will go about barefoot^(J) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
    and moan like an owl.
⁹For Samaria’s plague^(K) is incurable;^(L)
    it has spread to Judah.^(M)
It has reached the very gate^(N) of my people,
    even to Jerusalem itself.
¹⁰Tell it not in Gath^[a];
    weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah^[b]
    roll in the dust.
¹¹Pass by naked^(O) and in shame,
    you who live in Shaphir.^[c]
Those who live in Zaanan^[d]
    will not come out.
Beth Ezel is in mourning;
    it no longer protects you.
¹²Those who live in Maroth^[e] writhe in pain,
    waiting for relief,^(P)
because disaster^(Q) has come from the Lord,
    even to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³You who live in Lachish,^(R)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion^(S) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
¹⁴Therefore you will give parting gifts^(T)
    to Moresheth^(U) Gath.
The town of Akzib^[f]^(V) will prove deceptive^(W)
    to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵I will bring a conqueror against you
    who live in Mareshah.^[g]^(X)
The nobles of Israel
    will flee to Adullam.^(Y)