Micah מִיכָה

Micah (Michah) the Morashtite prophesies concerning Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah — a countryman's voice against the capitals. Hashem comes forth from His place and the mountains are molten under Him; Samaria becomes a heap of the field, and the wound reaches to the gate of Jerusalem: because of the princes who build Zion with blood, the judges who judge for reward, and the prophets who divine for money, 'Zion shall for your sake be plowed as a field.' Yet from the same mouth come three of the most treasured promises in the prophets: the mountain of Hashem's house established at the top of the mountains, with swords beaten into plowshares and every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; the ruler of Israel from Beth-lehem Ephrathah, 'whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days'; and the summary of all religion — 'It has been told you, O man, what is good, and what Hashem does require of you: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.' The book closes looking to the God who pardons: 'Who is a God like You... You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.' This volume presents the complete Hebrew text with English translation, a word-by-word interlinear layer with transliteration, roots, and gematria, and the classic commentaries of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak, Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel, newly translated into English.