Micah

How Micah begins

The first verses of Micah 1 in the King James Version.

1. Mic 1:1

   The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

2. Mic 1:2

   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.

3. Mic 1:3

   For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4. Mic 1:4

   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.

5. Mic 1:5

   For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

Keep reading

Micah is book 33 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 7 chapters and 105 verses in the public-domain text.