The word of YAHUAH (יהוה) that came to Mı̂ykâh (מִיכָה) the Môrashtı̂y (מוֹרַשְׁתִּי) in the days of Yôthâm, Âchâz, and Yechizqı̂yâhû, kings of Yahûdâh, which he saw concerning Shômerôn and Yerûshâlaim.
Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let ĂDÔNÂY (אֲדֹנָי) YAHUAH (יהוה) be witness against you, ĂDÔNÂY (אֲדֹנָי) from his holy temple.
For, behold, YAHUAH (יהוה) comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
For the transgression of Yaăqôb is all this, and for the sins of the house of Yâshârêl. What is the transgression of Yaăqôb? Is it not Shômerôn? And what are the high places of Yahûdâh? Are they not Yerûshâlaim?
Therefore I will make Shômerôn as a heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the female monsters, and mourning as the owls.
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Yahûdâh; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Yerûshâlaim.
Declare you it not at Gath, weep you not at all: in Bêyth leaphrâh (בֵּית לְעַפְרָה) roll yourself in the dust.
Pass you away, you inhabitant of Shâphı̂yr (שָׁפִיר), having you shame naked: the inhabitant of Tsaănân (צַאֲנָן) came not forth in the mourning of Bêyth hâêtsel (בֵּית הָאֵצֶל); he shall receive of you his standing.
For the inhabitant of Mârôth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from YAHUAH (יהוה) unto the gate of Yerûshâlaim.
O you inhabitant of Lâkı̂ysh, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Tsı̂yôn: for the transgressions of Yâshârêl were found in you.
Therefore shall you give presents to Môresheth gath: the houses of Akzı̂yb (אַכְזִיב) shall be a lie to the kings of Yâshârêl.
Yet will I bring an heir unto you, O inhabitant of Marêshâh: he shall come unto Ădûllâm the glory of Yâshârêl.
Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you.
