1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2Hear, you peoples, all of you. 3For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, 4The mountains melt under him, 5"All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, 6Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, 7All her idols will be beaten to pieces, 8For this I will lament and wail; 9For her wounds are incurable; 10Do not tell it in Gath. 11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. 12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, 13Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. 14Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. 15I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. 16Shave your heads,