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Micah 1

 ² Hear, O peoples, all of you,
       listen, O earth and all who are in it,
       that the Sovereign LORD may witness against you,
       the Lord from his holy temple.

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

 ⁴ The mountains melt beneath him
       and the valleys split apart,
       like wax before the fire,
       like water rushing down a slope.

 ⁵ All this is because of Jacob's transgression,
       because of the sins of the house of Israel.
       What is Jacob's transgression?
       Is it not Samaria?
       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.
       I will pour her stones into the valley
       and lay bare her foundations.

 ⁷ All her idols will be broken to pieces;
       all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
       I will destroy all her images.
       Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,
       as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used."

Weeping and Mourning

 ⁹ For her wound is incurable;
       it has come to Judah.
       It ^[a] has reached the very gate of my people,
       even to Jerusalem itself.

 ¹⁰ Tell it not in Gath ^[b] ;
       weep not at all. ^[c]
       In Beth Ophrah ^[d]
       roll in the dust.

 ¹¹ Pass on in nakedness and shame,
       you who live in Shaphir. ^[e]
       Those who live in Zaanan ^[f]
       will not come out.
       Beth Ezel is in mourning;
       its protection is taken from you.

 ¹² Those who live in Maroth ^[g] writhe in pain,
       waiting for relief,
       because disaster has come from the LORD,
       even to the gate of Jerusalem.

 ¹³ You who live in Lachish, ^[h]
       harness the team to the chariot.
       You were the beginning of sin
       to the Daughter of Zion,
       for the transgressions of Israel
       were found in you.

 ¹⁴ Therefore you will give parting gifts
       to Moresheth Gath.
       The town of Aczib ^[i] will prove deceptive
       to the kings of Israel.

 ¹⁵ I will bring a conqueror against you
       who live in Mareshah. ^[j]
       He who is the glory of Israel
       will come to Adullam.

 ¹⁶ Shave your heads in mourning
       for the children in whom you delight;
       make yourselves as bald as the vulture,
       for they will go from you into exile.

Micah 2

Man's Plans and God's

 ² They covet fields and seize them,
       and houses, and take them.
       They defraud a man of his home,
       a fellowman of his inheritance.

 ³ Therefore, the LORD says:
       "I am planning disaster against this people,
       from which you cannot save yourselves.
       You will no longer walk proudly,
       for it will be a time of calamity.

 ⁴ In that day men will ridicule you;
       they will taunt you with this mournful song:
       'We are utterly ruined;
       my people's possession is divided up.
       He takes it from me!
       He assigns our fields to traitors.' "

 ⁵ Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD
       to divide the land by lot.

False Prophets

 ⁷ Should it be said, O house of Jacob:
       "Is the Spirit of the LORD angry?
       Does he do such things?"
       "Do not my words do good
       to him whose ways are upright?

 ⁸ Lately my people have risen up
       like an enemy.
       You strip off the rich robe
       from those who pass by without a care,
       like men returning from battle.

 ⁹ You drive the women of my people
       from their pleasant homes.
       You take away my blessing
       from their children forever.

 ¹⁰ Get up, go away!
       For this is not your resting place,
       because it is defiled,
       it is ruined, beyond all remedy.

 ¹¹ If a liar and deceiver comes and says,
       'I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,'
       he would be just the prophet for this people!

Deliverance Promised

 ¹³ One who breaks open the way will go up before them;
       they will break through the gate and go out.
       Their king will pass through before them,
       the LORD at their head."

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Nahum 1

 ¹ An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord 's Anger Against Nineveh

 ³ The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
       the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
       His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
       and clouds are the dust of his feet.

 ⁴ He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
       he makes all the rivers run dry.
       Bashan and Carmel wither
       and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

 ⁵ The mountains quake before him
       and the hills melt away.
       The earth trembles at his presence,
       the world and all who live in it.

 ⁶ Who can withstand his indignation?
       Who can endure his fierce anger?
       His wrath is poured out like fire;
       the rocks are shattered before him.

 ⁷ The LORD is good,
       a refuge in times of trouble.
       He cares for those who trust in him,

 ⁸ but with an overwhelming flood
       he will make an end of Nineveh ;
       he will pursue his foes into darkness.

 ⁹ Whatever they plot against the LORD
       he ^[a] will bring to an end;
       trouble will not come a second time.

 ¹⁰ They will be entangled among thorns
       and drunk from their wine;
       they will be consumed like dry stubble. ^[b]

 ¹¹ From you, O Nineveh , has one come forth
       who plots evil against the LORD
       and counsels wickedness.

 ¹² This is what the LORD says:
       "Although they have allies and are numerous,
       they will be cut off and pass away.
       Although I have afflicted you, O Judah ,
       I will afflict you no more.

 ¹³ Now I will break their yoke from your neck
       and tear your shackles away."

 ¹⁴ The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh :
       "You will have no descendants to bear your name.
       I will destroy the carved images and cast idols
       that are in the temple of your gods.
       I will prepare your grave,
       for you are vile."

 ¹⁵ Look, there on the mountains,
       the feet of one who brings good news,
       who proclaims peace!
       Celebrate your festivals, O Judah,
       and fulfill your vows.
       No more will the wicked invade you;
       they will be completely destroyed.