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The word of the LORDwhichcame to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he sawconcerningSamaria and Jerusalem.
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Allthis is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the highplace of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
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For I will makeSamaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Plantingplaces for a vineyard. I will pour her stonesdown into the valley And will laybare her foundations.
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All of her idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will makedesolate, For she collected them from a harlot'searnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
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Go on your way, inhabitant of Shaphir, in shamefulnakedness. The inhabitant of Zaanan does not escape. The lamentation of Beth-ezel: "He will take from you its support."
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Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of Lachish - She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion - Because in you were found The rebelliousacts of Israel.
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Make yourself bald and cutoff your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile.