1The word of the Lord, that came to Micah, the Morasthite, in the days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 26:18, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Hosea 1:1

2Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his holy temple.

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Isaiah 1:2, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 1:2, Psalms 11:4, Revelation 2:7

3For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

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Amos 4:13, Amos 4:13, Isaiah 26:21, Isaiah 26:21, Deuteronomy 32:13

4And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep place.

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Nahum 1:5, Nahum 1:5, Psalms 97:5, Psalms 97:5, Judges 5:4

5For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem?

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Jeremiah 2:19, Amos 8:14, Jeremiah 2:19, Amos 8:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:15

6And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.

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Ezekiel 13:14, Ezekiel 13:14, Micah 3:12, Micah 3:12, Lamentations 4:1

7And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols: for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the hire of a harlot they shall return.

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Deuteronomy 23:18, Deuteronomy 23:18, Hosea 2:12, Hosea 2:12, Hosea 8:6

8Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

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Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 22:4, Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:4

9Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 30:15, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 30:15, Jeremiah 15:18

10Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.

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2 Samuel 1:20, 2 Samuel 1:20, Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 6:26, Lamentations 3:29

11And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the beautiful place, covered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the confines: the house adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which stood by herself.

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Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 47:2, Isaiah 47:3, Micah 1:8

12For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 14:19, Amos 3:6, Micah 1:9, Amos 3:6

13A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found the crimes of Israel.

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2 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 18:17, 2 Chronicles 32:9, Joshua 10:3, 2 Chronicles 32:9

14Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.

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Joshua 15:44, Joshua 15:44, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 18:14

15Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come.

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1 Samuel 22:1, Joshua 15:44, 1 Samuel 22:1, Joshua 15:44, Joshua 15:35

16Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

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Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:12, Jeremiah 7:29, Job 1:20, Jeremiah 7:29