Micah 1:1-3

Contemporary English Version

1 ^(A) I am Micah from Moresheth.^[a] And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem^[b] that the Lord gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah^[c] were the kings of Judah.

Judgment on Samaria

²Listen, all of you!
Earth and everything on it,
    pay close attention.
The Lord God accuses you
    from his holy temple.^[d]
³And he will come down
to crush underfoot
    every pagan altar.

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Footnotes

1.1 Moresheth: A town in southern Judah not far from Gath. In verse 14 it is called Moresheth-Gath.
1.1 Samaria and Jerusalem: Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom (Israel), and Jerusalem was the capital of the southern kingdom (Judah).
1.1 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah: Jotham, the son of Uzziah, ruled Judah 740–736 b.c.; Ahaz, the son of Jotham, ruled 736–716 b.c.; Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, ruled 716–687 b.c.
1.2 holy temple: Possibly the one in heaven, though it may be the Jerusalem temple.