{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:27:53.830Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, <i>and</i> Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, <i>and</i> as the waters <i>that are</i> poured down a steep place."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For the transgression of Jacob <i>is</i> all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What <i>is</i> the transgression of Jacob? <i>is it</i> not Samaria? and what <i>are</i> the high places of Judah? <i>are they</i> not Jerusalem?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, <i>and</i> as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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 <i>it</i> of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For her wound <i>is</i> incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, <i>even</i> to Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Declare ye <i>it</i> not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she <i>is</i> the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib <i>shall be</i> a lie to the kings of Israel."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[Micah 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}