1. The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshite — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2. Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, earth and everyone in it! The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord, from His holy temple.
3. Look, the Lord is leaving His place and coming down to tramplethe heights of the earth.
4. The mountains will melt beneath Him,and the valleys will split apart,like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.
5. All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellionand the sins of the house of Israel.What is the rebellion of Jacob?Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem?
6. Therefore, I will make Samariaa heap of ruins in the countryside,a planting area for a vineyard.I will roll her stones into the valleyand expose her foundations.
7. 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 for a prostitute.
8. Because of this I will lament and wail;I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like ostriches.