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.

1 Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Michæam Morasthiten, in diebus Joathan, Achaz, et Ezechiæ, regum Juda, quod vidit super Samariam et Jerusalem.

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.

2 ¶ Audite, populi omnes,
et attendat terra, et plenitudo ejus:
et sit Dominus Deus vobis in testem,
Dominus de templo sancto suo.

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

3 Quia ecce Dominus egredietur de loco suo,
et descendet, et calcabit super excelsa terræ.

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.

4 Et consumentur montes subtus eum,
et valles scindentur sicut cera a facie ignis,
et sicut aquæ quæ decurrunt in præceps.

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?

5 In scelere Jacob omne istud,
et in peccatis domus Israël.
Quod scelus Jacob? nonne Samaria?
et quæ excelsa Judæ? nonne Jerusalem?

6 Therefore 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.

6 Et ponam Samariam quasi acervum lapidum in agro,
cum plantatur vinea;
et detraham in vallem lapides ejus,
et fundamenta ejus revelabo.

7 And 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.

7 Et omnia sculptilia ejus concidentur,
et omnes mercedes ejus comburentur igne,
et omnia idola ejus ponam in perditionem,
quia de mercedibus meretricis congregata sunt,
et usque ad mercedem meretricis revertentur.

8 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.

8 Super hoc plangam, et ululabo;
vadam spoliatus, et nudus;
faciam planctum velut draconum,
et luctum quasi struthionum:

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

9 quia desperata est plaga ejus,
quia venit usque ad Judam;
tetigit portam populi mei usque ad Jerusalem.

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

10 In Geth nolite annuntiare;
lacrimis ne ploretis;
in domo pulveris pulvere vos conspergite.

11 Pass 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.

11 Et transite vobis, habitatio pulchra, confusa ignominia:
non est egressa quæ habitat in exitu:
planctum domus vicina accipiet ex vobis, quæ stetit sibimet.

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

12 Quia infirmata est in bonum,
quæ habitat in amaritudinibus;
quia descendit malum a Domino in portam Jerusalem.

13 O 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.

13 Tumultus quadrigæ stuporis habitanti Lachis:
principium peccati est filiæ Sion,
quia in te inventa sunt scelera Israël.

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

14 Propterea dabit emissarios super hæreditatem Geth,
domus mendacii in deceptionem regibus Israël.

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

15 Adhuc hæredem adducam tibi quæ habitas in Maresa;
usque ad Odollam veniet gloria Israël.

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

16 Decalvare, et tondere super filios deliciarum tuarum;
dilata calvitium tuum sicut aquila,
quoniam captivi ducti sunt ex te.