Monday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah — what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem: 2Verse 2. Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple. 3Verse 3. For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. 4Verse 4. The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope. 5Verse 5. All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

3Verse 3. If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, 4Verse 4. I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. 5Verse 5. Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. 6Verse 6. And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land. 7Verse 7. You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. 8Verse 8. Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. 9Verse 9. I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. 10Verse 10. You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new. 11Verse 11. And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you. 12Verse 12. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people. 13Verse 13. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness. 14Verse 14. If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, 15Verse 15. and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, 16Verse 16. then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. 17Verse 17. And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. 18Verse 18. And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins. 19Verse 19. I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, 20Verse 20. and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.