Look, the Lord is leaving His place(A)
and coming down to trample
the heights[a] of the earth.(B)
The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,(C)
like water cascading down a mountainside.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:3 Or high places

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling(A) place;
    he comes down(B) and treads on the heights of the earth.(C)
The mountains melt(D) beneath him(E)
    and the valleys split apart,(F)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.

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13 You come out to save Your people,
to save Your anointed.[a]
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from foot[b] to neck.Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:13 The Davidic king or the nation of Israel
  2. Habakkuk 3:13 Lit foundation

13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.

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