(This is) the word of the LORD that came to Micah - the Moreshite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem :
Hear , O peoples , all of you ; listen , O earth , and everyone in it ! May the Lord GOD bear witness the Lord from His holy temple.
For behold , the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place ; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
The mountains will melt beneath Him , and the valleys will split apart , like wax before the fire , like water rushing down a slope.
All this (is) for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What (is) the transgression of Jacob ? Is it not Samaria ? And what is the high place of Judah ? Is it not Jerusalem ?
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field , a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
All her carved images will be smashed to pieces ; all her wages will be burned in the fire , and I will destroy ... all her idols. Since she collected ... the wages of a prostitute , they will be used again on a prostitute.
Because of this I will lament and wail ; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl ... like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
For her wound is incurable ; - it has reached ... even Judah ; it has approached the gate of my people , ... as far as Jerusalem itself.
Do not tell it in Gath ; do not weep ... at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
Depart in shameful nakedness , O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. vvv Beth-ezel is in mourning ; its support is taken
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good , but calamity came down from the LORD , even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Harness your chariot horses , O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion , for the transgressions of Israel were found
Therefore , send farewell gifts to vvv Moresheth-gath ; the houses of Achzib (will) prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
I will again bring a conqueror O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children ; make yourselves as bald as an eagle , for they will go from you into exile.