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MICAH
- 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.
- Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath:
- The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
- Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah:
- He shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
- Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children;
- Enlarge thy baldness as the eagle;
- For they are gone into captivity from thee.
- Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds!
- When the morning is light, they practise it,
- Because it is in the power of their hand.
- And they covet fields, and take them by violence;
- And houses, and take them away:
- So they oppress a man and his house,
- Even a man and his heritage.
- Therefore thus saith the Lord;
- Behold, against this family do I devise an evil,
- From which ye shall not remove your necks;
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