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Micah 4-7
New International Version
Micah 4-7
New International Version
The Mountain of the Lord(A)
4 In the last days
the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(C)
and peoples will stream to it.(D)
2 Many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(E)
to the temple of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us(G) his ways,(H)
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(I) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war(L) anymore.(M)
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,(N)
and no one will make them afraid,(O)
for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(P)
5 All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods,(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God for ever and ever.(R)
The Lord’s Plan
6 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will gather the lame;(S)
I will assemble the exiles(T)
and those I have brought to grief.(U)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,(V)
those driven away a strong nation.(W)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion(X)
from that day and forever.(Y)
8 As for you, watchtower of the flock,
stronghold[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored(Z) to you;
kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.(AA)”
9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[b](AB)?
Has your ruler[c] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(AC)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(AD)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(AE) you
out of the hand of your enemies.
11 But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat(AF) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(AG)
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(AH) Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”(AI)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(AJ)
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem
5 [d]Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel’s ruler
on the cheek(AK) with a rod.
2 “But you, Bethlehem(AL) Ephrathah,(AM)
though you are small among the clans[e] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler(AN) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,(AO)
from ancient times.”(AP)
3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned(AQ)
until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,
and the rest of his brothers return
to join the Israelites.
4 He will stand and shepherd his flock(AR)
in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness(AS)
will reach to the ends of the earth.
5 And he will be our peace(AT)
when the Assyrians invade(AU) our land
and march through our fortresses.
We will raise against them seven shepherds,
even eight commanders,(AV)
6 who will rule[f] the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod(AW) with drawn sword.[g](AX)
He will deliver us from the Assyrians
when they invade our land
and march across our borders.(AY)
7 The remnant(AZ) of Jacob will be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew(BA) from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,(BB)
which do not wait for anyone
or depend on man.
8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,(BC)
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles(BD) as it goes,
and no one can rescue.(BE)
9 Your hand will be lifted up(BF) in triumph over your enemies,
and all your foes will be destroyed.
10 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will destroy your horses from among you
and demolish your chariots.(BG)
11 I will destroy the cities(BH) of your land
and tear down all your strongholds.(BI)
12 I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.(BJ)
13 I will destroy your idols(BK)
and your sacred stones from among you;(BL)
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.(BM)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[h](BN)
when I demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance(BO) in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”
The Lord’s Case Against Israel
6 Listen to what the Lord says:
“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(BP)
let the hills hear what you have to say.
2 “Hear,(BQ) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;(BR)
listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case(BS) against his people;
he is lodging a charge(BT) against Israel.
3 “My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened(BU) you?(BV) Answer me.
4 I brought you up out of Egypt(BW)
and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(BX)
I sent Moses(BY) to lead you,
also Aaron(BZ) and Miriam.(CA)
5 My people, remember
what Balak(CB) king of Moab plotted
and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(CC) to Gilgal,(CD)
that you may know the righteous acts(CE) of the Lord.”
6 With what shall I come before(CF) the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?(CG)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(CH)
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(CI)
Shall I offer my firstborn(CJ) for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(CK)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(CL) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[i](CM) with your God.(CN)
Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
and to fear your name is wisdom—
“Heed the rod(CO) and the One who appointed it.[j]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah,[k] which is accursed?(CP)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(CQ)
with a bag of false weights?(CR)
12 Your rich people are violent;(CS)
your inhabitants are liars(CT)
and their tongues speak deceitfully.(CU)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(CV) you,
to ruin[l] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(CW)
your stomach will still be empty.[m]
You will store up but save nothing,(CX)
because what you save[n] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;(CY)
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.(CZ)
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(DA)
and all the practices of Ahab’s(DB) house;
you have followed their traditions.(DC)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(DD)
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn(DE) of the nations.[o]”
Israel’s Misery
7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs(DF) that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land;(DG)
not one(DH) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(DI) to shed blood;(DJ)
they hunt each other(DK) with nets.(DL)
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(DM)
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(DN)
the powerful dictate what they desire—
they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,(DO)
the most upright worse than a thorn(DP) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.(DQ)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(DR)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,(DS)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(DT)
7 But as for me, I watch(DU) in hope(DV) for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear(DW) me.
Israel Will Rise
8 Do not gloat over me,(DX) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.(DY)
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(DZ)
9 Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(EA)
until he pleads my case(EB)
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(EC)
I will see his righteousness.(ED)
10 Then my enemy will see it
and will be covered with shame,(EE)
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”(EF)
My eyes will see her downfall;(EG)
even now she will be trampled(EH) underfoot
like mire in the streets.
11 The day for building your walls(EI) will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
from Assyria(EJ) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.(EK)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.(EL)
Prayer and Praise
14 Shepherd(EM) your people with your staff,(EN)
the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
in fertile pasturelands.[p](EO)
Let them feed in Bashan(EP) and Gilead(EQ)
as in days long ago.(ER)
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.(ES)”
16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(ET)
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(EU)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(EV) like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(EW) out of their dens;
they will turn in fear(EX) to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(EY) like you,
who pardons sin(EZ) and forgives(FA) the transgression
of the remnant(FB) of his inheritance?(FC)
You do not stay angry(FD) forever
but delight to show mercy.(FE)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(FF) into the depths of the sea.(FG)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(FH)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(FI)
in days long ago.(FJ)
Footnotes
- Micah 4:8 Or hill
- Micah 4:9 Or King
- Micah 4:9 Or Ruler
- Micah 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.
- Micah 5:2 Or rulers
- Micah 5:6 Or crush
- Micah 5:6 Or Nimrod in its gates
- Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
- Micah 6:8 Or prudently
- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.
- Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
- Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth
- Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people
- Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel
Micah 4-7
King James Version
Micah 4-7
King James Version
4 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
6 In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
12 But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
5 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
6 Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
7 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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