Chapter 1

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THE Word of Yahuah that came to El-Miykah the Morashtiy in the days of Yotham, Achaz, and Yechizqiyahu, kings of Yahudah, which he saw concerning Shomeron and Yerushalayim.

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Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let Adonai Yahuah be witness against you, Adonai from his holy Temple.

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

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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.

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For the transgression of Ya`aqov is all this, and for the sins of the house of Yashar'el. What is the transgression of Ya`aqov? is it not Shomeron? and what are the high places of Yahudah? are they not Yerushalayim?

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Therefore I will make Shomeron as a 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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And all 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 a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a harlot.

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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.

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

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

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Pass ye away, you inhabitant of Shaphiyr, having your shame naked: the inhabitant of Tsa'anan came not forth in the mourning of Beyt Ha-Etsel; he shall receive of you his standing.

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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from Yahuah unto the gate of Yerushalayim.

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O you inhabitant of Lakiysh, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Tsiyon: for the transgressions of Yashar'el were found in you.

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Therefore shall you give presents to Moresheth Gath: the houses of Akziyv shall be a lie to the kings of Yashar'el.

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Yet will I bring an heir unto you, O inhabitant of Mar'eshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Yashar'el.

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



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