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| (Verse 1) The Book of Micah is the similitude of the timeless ''word'' or (דָבָר‎ dabar)<Ref>{{01697}}</Ref> from יְהוָֹה‎ Yëhovah, ''the existing one''.
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| Understanding the the manner, means, and meaning in the functions of [[temples]] and why one is holy and another is an abomination is key to understanding Micah.
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| Micah asks What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria<Ref name="samaria">{{08111}}</Ref>? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not [[Jerusalem]]?
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| Samaria is the ''mountains that watch''. Mountains are people gathered and Samaria is the gathering of the watchmen of God. [[Psalms 127]]:1  «A Song of degrees for Solomon.» Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep <[[08104]]> the city, the watchman <[[08104]]> waketh [but] in vain..
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| What are [[graven images]] and how are they taken down?
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| Who was highest according to Christ? Was it not those who served?<Ref>Matthew 23:11  But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
: [[Luke 22]]:26  But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.</Ref> Were the ''high places of Judah'' serving the people? Were they [[Jerusalem]] the ''double peace''?
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| Is ''Baldness''<Ref name="baldness">{{07144}}</Ref> associated with remorse as we see in Job<Ref>[[Job 1]]:20 "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell …"</Ref> the lack of the ''drawing near'' seen with unrighteous [[Corban]]? Does baldness or the cutting of hair relate to regret and remorse as seen in Jeremiah<Ref>[[Jeremiah 16]]:6 "Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut <01413> themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:"</Ref>
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| Is the ''hire just the prostitutes'' who tickle and give pleasure to the people for profit refer to ministers who work for money and not out of [[love]] of [[righteousness]]?
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| Does [[Jeremiah 5]]:7 write of the same sin we see in Micah?<Ref> How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no [[gods]]: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops <[[01413]]> in the harlots’ houses.</Ref>
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| Is the dragon<Ref name="dragon">{{08577}}</Ref> the naked serpent and the owl the daughter(bath)  of the creature of the night and prey in darkness?
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1 ¶ The word of the LORD<Ref name=yhwh">{{03068}}</Ref> that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord<Ref name="adonai">{{0136}}</Ref> GOD<Ref name=yhwh2">{{03069}}</Ref> be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
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For, behold, the LORD<Ref name=yhwh">{{03068}}</Ref> cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft<Ref>{{01234}}</Ref>, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
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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?<Ref name="samaria"></Ref> and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
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Therefore I will make Samaria<Ref name="samaria"></Ref> as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the [[stones]] thereof into the valley,<Ref>{{06010}}</Ref> and I will discover [''remove''] the foundations thereof.
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And all the [[graven images]] thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires<Ref name="hire">{{0868}}</Ref> 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,<Ref name="harlot">{{02181}}</Ref> and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.<Ref name="harlot">{{02181}}</Ref>

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Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked:<Ref>{{06174}}</Ref> I will make a wailing like the dragons<Ref name="dragon">{{08577}}</Ref>, and mourning as the owls.
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For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
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Declare ye it not at Gath[''"winepress"''], weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah["house of dust"] roll thyself in the dust.
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir[''"beauty", "fair"''], having thy shame [''"confusion"''} naked[''"bare"'']:<Ref>{{06181}}</Ref> the inhabitant of Zaanan[leader of the flock] came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel["house of narrowing"]; he shall receive of you his standing.
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For the inhabitant of Maroth["bitterness"] waited carefully for good: but evil<Ref>{{07451}}</Ref> came down from the LORD unto the gate of [[Jerusalem]].
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish["invincible"], 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.
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Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath[''"to seize"''], dispossess:<Ref>{{04182}}</Ref> the houses of Achzib[''"deceit"''} shall be a lie to the kings of [[Israel]].
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah[''"crest of a hill" "head place"'']: he shall come unto Adullam[''"justice of the people"''] the glory of [[Israel]].
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Make thee bald, and poll<Ref>{{01494}}</Ref> thee for thy delicate [''delight''] children; enlarge thy baldness<Ref name="baldness">{{07144}}</Ref>as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity<Ref>{{01540}}</Ref> from thee.

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