Nineveh’s Complete Ruin 1 Woe to the bloody city, completely full of liesandpillage; Herprey never departs. 2 The noise of the whip, The noise of the rattling of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots! 3 Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many slain, a mass of corpses, And countless dead bodies- They stumble over […]
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Micah 1
Destruction in Israel and Judah 1 The word of the Lordwhich cametoMicah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, AhazandHezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, O peoples, all of you; Listen, O earth and all it contains, And let the Lord Godbe a witness against you, The Lord […]
Micah 2
Woe to Oppressors 1 Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. 2 They covet fields and then seizethem, And houses, and takethemaway. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. […]
Micah 3
Rulers Denounced 1 And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice? 2 “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, 3 Who eat the flesh of my people, […]
Micah 4
Peaceful Latter Days 1 And it will come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come and say, “Come and let […]
Micah 5
Birth of the King in Bethlehem 1 “Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek. 2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Toolittle to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth […]
Micah 6
God’s Indictment of His People 1 Hear now what the Lordis saying, “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice. 2 “Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the Lordhas a case against His people; Even with Israel He […]
Micah 7
The Prophet Acknowledges 1 Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Ora first-ripe figwhichI crave. 2 The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no uprightpersonamong men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each […]
Jonah 1
Jonah’s Disobedience 1 The word of the Lordcame to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to […]
Jonah 2
Jonah’s Prayer 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lordhis God from the stomach of the fish, 2 and he said, “I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. 3 “For You had cast me into the deep, […]