1The 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.

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

2Hear, 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.

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

3For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and 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 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.

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

5For 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?

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

6Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

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

7And 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 it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

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

8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

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

9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto 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 at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

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

11Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth–ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

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

12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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

13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

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

14Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to 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 unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

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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 poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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