Friday Bibleday

this will be the first weekly feature i install on just a bit outside: friday bibleday. every friday, in complete binary, you will see a chapter from the book of micah. i dont know how long the book of micah is, so you will see posts here every friday until we run out of micah to give you. on a related note, you would be surprised to discover that trying to find a good, digital version of the bible is not as easy as you would

Micah 1 (New American Standard Bible)

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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Micah 1

Destruction in Israel and Judah

1The ^(A)word of the LORD which came to ^(B)Micah of Moresheth in the days of ^(C)Jotham, ^(D)Ahaz and ^(E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2Hear, O peoples, all of you;
^(F)Listen, O earth and all it contains,
And let the Lord GOD be a ^(G)witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
3For behold, the LORD is ^(H)coming forth from His place
He will come down and ^(I)tread on the high places of the earth.
4^(J)The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.
5All this is for the rebellion of Jacob
And for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the ^(K)rebellion of Jacob?
Is it not ^(L)Samaria?
What is the ^(M)high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
6For I will make Samaria a ^(N)heap of ruins in the open country,
^(O)Planting places for a vineyard
I will ^(P)pour her stones down into the valley
And will ^(Q)lay bare her foundations.
7All of her ^(R)idols will be smashed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire
And all of her images I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a ^(S)harlot's earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
8Because of this I must lament and wail,
I must go ^(T)barefoot and naked;
I must make a lament like the ^(U)jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches.
9For her ^(V)wound is incurable,
For ^(W)it has come to Judah;
It has reached the ^(X)gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
10^(Y)Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At ^[a]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
11Go on your way, inhabitant of ^[b]Shaphir, in ^(Z)shameful nakedness
The inhabitant of ^[c](AA)Zaanan does not escape.
The lamentation of ^[d]Beth-ezel: "He will take from you its support."
12For the inhabitant of ^[e]Maroth
Becomes weak ^(AB)waiting for good,
Because a calamity has come down from the LORD
To the ^(AC)gate of Jerusalem.
13Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
O inhabitant of ^(AD)Lachish--
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion--
Because in you were found
The ^(AE)rebellious acts of Israel.
14Therefore you will give parting ^(AF)gifts
On behalf of Moresheth-gath;
The houses of ^(AG)Achzib will become a ^(AH)deception
To the kings of Israel.
15Moreover, I will bring on you
The one who takes possession,
O inhabitant of ^[f](AI)Mareshah
The glory of Israel will enter ^(AJ)Adullam.
16Make yourself ^(AK)bald and cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will ^(AL)go from you into exile.