God in Micah

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1. 1:1

   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:

2. 1:2

   Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

3. 1:3

   For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

4. 1:12

   For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

5. 2:3

   Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

6. 2:5

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

7. 2:7

   Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

8. 2:13

   One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.

9. 3:4

   Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

10. 3:5

    This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

11. 3:7

    Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”

12. 3:8

    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

13. 3:11

    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

14. 4:1

    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

15. 4:2

    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

16. 4:4

    And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

17. 4:5

    Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

18. 4:6

    “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

19. 4:7

    And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

20. 4:10

    Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

21. 4:12

    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

22. 4:13

    Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

23. 5:4

    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

24. 5:7

    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

25. 5:10

    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.

26. 6:1

    Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

27. 6:2

    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

28. 6:5

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

29. 6:6

    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

30. 6:7

    Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

31. 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

32. 6:9

    The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.

33. 7:7

    But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

34. 7:8

    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

35. 7:9

    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

36. 7:10

    Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

37. 7:17

    They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

38. 7:18

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?