1The word from the Lord hits Micah the Morasthite during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and he sees some wild stuff about Samaria and Jerusalem.

2Yo, listen up everyone; earth, you too: let the Lord God be the ultimate witness against you, straight from His holy spot.

3For real, the Lord is coming out of His place, about to step down and vibe on the high spots of the earth.

4The mountains gonna melt under Him, and the valleys are gonna split like wax in the fire, just like water pouring down a steep hill.

5All this is 'cause of Jacob's mess-ups and the sins of Israel. What’s Jacob’s transgression? Isn’t it Samaria? And what about Judah's high places? Aren't they Jerusalem?

6So I'm gonna turn Samaria into a heap of fields and vineyard vibes; I’ll drop the stones into the valley and show the foundations.

7All the carved images gonna be smashed, their paychecks gonna burn up, and all the idols gonna get wrecked: she got them from a harlot's pay, and they'll go back to that.

8So I'm gonna wail and howl, going stripped and bare: my mourning gonna sound like dragons and owls.

9Her wound is straight-up unhealable; it's hit Judah; he’s come to the gate of my people, even Jerusalem.

10Don't spill the tea at Gath, no tears allowed: in Aphrah, roll around in the dirt.

11Bounce, Saphir peeps, with your shame on display: Zaanan didn’t show up for the mourning of Beth-ezel; he’s getting what’s due from you.

12The Maroth folks were waiting for good vibes, but evil dropped in from the Lord at the gate of Jerusalem.

13Yo, Lachish peeps, tie that chariot to the fast beast: she’s the start of the sin for Zion’s daughter; Israel’s transgressions were found in you.

14So you gotta send gifts to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib gonna be a total lie to Israel's kings.

15But I’ll still bring an heir to you, Mareshah dwellers: he’s gonna roll into Adullam, the glory of Israel.

16Go bald and mourn for your fancy kids; make that baldness fly like an eagle; they’ve been taken captive from you.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

10Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

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.

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

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.

14Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

15Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

16Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.