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{\MT Michoh

\par }{\IS Introduction

\par }{\IP From this book, it is important to note that Moshiach, in spite of his humble birth is not a mere human being, as it says of Moshiach in
5:2 that he shall “come forth unto Me [{\ND{Hashem}}] that is to be Moshel Yisroel; whose goings forth
{\ADD{(i.e. origins)}} have been mikedem,
{\ADD{(from everlasting; see
Hab 1:12)}}, mimei olam
{\ADD{(from the days of eternity)}}.”



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The Devar
{\ND{Hashem}} that came to Michah HaMorashti in the yamim of Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyah, melachim of Yehudah, which he saw concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim:


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hear, all ye peoples;

\par }{\Q hearken, O Eretz
{\ADD{(earth)}}, and all that is therein;

\par }{\Q and let Adonoi
{\ND{Hashem}} be witness against you,

\par }{\Q Adonoi from His Heikhal Kodesh.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For, hinei,
{\ND{Hashem}} cometh forth out of His dwelling place,

\par }{\Q and will come down, and tread upon the high places of ha'aretz.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And the mountains shall melt under Him,

\par }{\Q and the valleys shall be split apart,

\par }{\Q like wax before the eish,

\par }{\Q and like mayim that are poured down a steep place.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Because of the peysha
{\ADD{(transgression)}} of Ya'akov is all this,

\par }{\Q and because of the chattot Bais Yisroel.

\par }{\Q What is the peysha of Ya'akov?

\par }{\Q Is it not Shomron?

\par }{\Q And what are the high places of Yehudah?

\par }{\Q Are they not Yerushalayim?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore I will make Shomron like a rubble heap of the sadeh,

\par }{\Q and like a place for planting a kerem
{\ADD{(vineyard)}};

\par }{\Q and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley,

\par }{\Q and I will lay bare her foundations.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And all the pesilim thereof shall be beaten to pieces,

\par }{\Q and all the etnan
{\ADD{(temple proceeds of cult prostitution)}} shall be burned with the eish,

\par }{\Q and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate;

\par }{\Q for she\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:7 }{\FT{i.e., Shomron}}} gathered of the etnan
{\ADD{(wage)}} of a zonah,

\par }{\Q and they shall revert to the etnan
{\ADD{(wage)}} of a zonah.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Therefore I will weep and wail,

\par }{\Q I will go barefoot and arom
{\ADD{(half-naked)}};

\par }{\Q I will wail like the jackals,

\par }{\Q and mourn like the ostriches.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For her wound is incurable;

\par }{\Q for it is come unto Yehudah;

\par }{\Q it is come unto the sha'ar ami
{\ADD{(gate of my people)}}

\par }{\Q even to Yerushalayim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Declare ye it not at Gat,

\par }{\Q weep ye not at all;

\par }{\Q at Beit L'aphrah
{\ADD{(House of Dust)}} roll thyself in the aphar
{\ADD{(dust)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Pass ye on your way, thou inhabitant of Shaphir,

\par }{\Q in nakedness and shame;

\par }{\Q the inhabitants of Tza'anan dare not come out.

\par }{\Q Beit-Ha'etzel is in mourning;

\par }{\Q it withdraws from you its support.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For the inhabitant of Marot waited anxiously for relief;

\par }{\Q but rah
{\ADD{(evil)}} came down from
{\ND{Hashem}} unto the sha'ar Yerushalayim.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}O thou inhabitant of Lakhish,

\par }{\Q harness the merkavah to the swift horses;

\par }{\Q it was the reshit chattat
{\ADD{(beginning of sin)}} to Bat Tziyon;

\par }{\Q for the transgressions of Yisroel

\par }{\Q were found in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore shalt thou give shilluchim
{\ADD{(parting gifts)}} to Moreshet-Gat;

\par }{\Q the batim
{\ADD{(houses)}} of Achziv shall be a deception

\par }{\Q to the melachim of Yisroel.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Yet will I bring HaYoresh
{\ADD{(The Heir, the one who takes possession)}} unto thee,

\par }{\Q O inhabitant of Mareshah;

\par }{\Q the kavod Yisroel shall come unto Adullam.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Shave your head in mourning

\par }{\Q for the children who were your delight;

\par }{\Q make yourselves as bald as the nesher
{\ADD{(vulture)}};

\par }{\Q for they are gone into the golus from thee.




\par }\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hoy
{\ADD{(Woe)}} to them that devise aven
{\ADD{(iniquity)}},

\par }{\Q and plot rah
{\ADD{(evil)}} upon their mishkavim
{\ADD{(beds)}}!

\par }{\Q At ohr haboker they carry it out,

\par }{\Q because it is in the power of their hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And they covet sadot, and seize them;

\par }{\Q and batim
{\ADD{(houses)}}, and take them away;

\par }{\Q so they oppress a man and his bais,

\par }{\Q even a man and his nachalah
{\ADD{(inheritance)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore thus saith
{\ND{Hashem}}:

\par }{\Q Hineni, against this mishpochah do I plan a ra'ah,

\par }{\Q from which ye shall not remove your tzavarot
{\ADD{(necks)}};

\par }{\Q neither shall ye walk haughtily;

\par }{\Q for an et ra'ah
{\ADD{(time of evil)}} it is.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}In Yom HaHu shall one take up a mashal against you,

\par }{\Q and lament with a doleful lamentation,

\par }{\Q and say: We are utterly ruined;

\par }{\Q He
{\ADD{(}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}} hath changed the chelek of Ami
{\ADD{(my People)}};

\par }{\Q how hath He
{\ADD{(}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}} removed it from me!

\par }{\Q To the shovev
{\ADD{(faithless, apostate)}} He
{\ADD{(}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}} apportions our sadot.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore thou shalt have none that shall divide

\par }{\Q for you the land by lot in the Kahal
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Preach ye not, they preach;

\par }{\Q but if they\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{{\ND{Hashem}}ʼs nevi'im}}} do not preach concerning these things,

\par }{\Q kellimot
{\ADD{(disgraces, reproaches)}} will not be turned back.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Ezek 3:18}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{7}O thou that art named Bais Ya'akov, is the Ruach\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:7 }{\FT{Hakodesh}}} of
{\ND{Hashem}} angry?

\par }{\Q Are these His doings?

\par }{\Q Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Even of late Ami is risen up as an oyev
{\ADD{(enemy)}};

\par }{\Q ye pull off the cloak from the garment

\par }{\Q from them that pass by securely as men averse to milchamah
{\ADD{(war)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The women of Ami have ye cast out from their pleasant homes;

\par }{\Q from their ollalim have ye taken away My glory l'olam.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Arise ye, and depart;

\par }{\Q for this is not the menuchah
{\ADD{(the place of rest)}};

\par }{\Q because of the tameah
{\ADD{(defilement)}} that brings sore destruction.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}If a man, walking after the wind and sheker, do lie, saying:

\par }{\Q I will prophesy unto thee of yayin and of strong drink;

\par }{\Q he shall even be the mattif
{\ADD{(preacher)}} of Am HaZeh
{\ADD{(this people)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I will surely assemble, O Ya'akov, all of thee;

\par }{\Q I will surely gather the She'erit Yisroel;

\par }{\Q I will put them together like the tzon of the pen,

\par }{\Q like the eder
{\ADD{(flock)}} in the meadow;

\par }{\Q they shall throng with people.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The one who breaks through comes up before them;

\par }{\Q they break through, and pass through the sha'ar,

\par }{\Q and go out by it;

\par }{\Q and their Melech\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:13 }{\FT{Moshiach,
}}{\XT{Hos 3:5}}} goes before them,

\par }{\Q and
{\ND{Hashem}} at their head.




\par }\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}And I said:

\par }{\Q Hear, O Rashei Ya'akov,

\par }{\Q and ye Ketzinim of Bais Yisroel.

\par }{\Q Is it not for you to have da'as of Mishpat
{\ADD{(Justice)}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who hate the tov, and love the rah;

\par }{\Q who tear off their skin from off them,

\par }{\Q and their flesh from off their atzamot
{\ADD{(bones)}};


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who also eat the flesh of Ami,

\par }{\Q and flay their skin from off them;

\par }{\Q and they break their atzamot,

\par }{\Q and chop them in pieces, like for the pot,

\par }{\Q and like the basar within the caldron.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Then shall they cry unto
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q but He will not hear them;

\par }{\Q He will even hide His face from them at that time,

\par }{\Q because of the evil way they behaved themselves in their doings.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Thus saith
{\ND{Hashem}} concerning the nevi'im that make Ami err, leading them astray,

\par }{\Q the nevi'im that bite with their teeth, and preach: Shalom!

\par }{\Q And whoever putteth nothing into their mouths,

\par }{\Q v'kiddeshu milchamah
{\ADD{(they sanctify war)}} against him.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore lailah shall be unto you, because of the chazon;

\par }{\Q and choshech shall come upon you because of the soothsaying, the divination;

\par }{\Q and the shemesh shall go down over the nevi'im,

\par }{\Q and hayom shall be dark over them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Then shall the chozim
{\ADD{(seers)}} be ashamed,

\par }{\Q and the kosemim
{\ADD{(diviners)}} blush in bushah;

\par }{\Q yea, they shall all cover their safam
{\ADD{(mustache)}};\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{i.e., their lips}}}

\par }{\Q ki ein ma'aneh Elohim
{\ADD{(for there is no answer of G-d)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But truly I am full of ko'ach

\par }{\Q by the Ruach\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:8 }{\FT{Hakodesh}}} of
{\ND{Hashem}}, and of mishpat, and of gevurah
{\ADD{(might)}},

\par }{\Q to preach unto Ya'akov his peysha,

\par }{\Q and to Yisroel his chattat.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:8 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Isa 53:5,8,12}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Hear this, I pray you, ye Rashei Bais Ya'akov,

\par }{\Q and Ketzinim of Bais Yisroel,

\par }{\Q that abhor mishpat,

\par }{\Q and twist kol haYesharah
{\ADD{(all the right, the straight)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Boneh Tziyon b'damim
{\ADD{(they build up Tziyon with blood)}},

\par }{\Q and Yerushalayim with avlah
{\ADD{(iniquity)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Her Rashim judge for a bribe,

\par }{\Q and her kohanim play the hireling moreh
{\ADD{(teacher)}},

\par }{\Q and her nevi'im are fortune-tellers for kesef;

\par }{\Q yet will they lean upon
{\ND{Hashem}}? And say:

\par }{\Q Is not
{\ND{Hashem}} among us?

\par }{\Q No ra'ah will come upon us.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore because of you, Tziyon shall be plowed as a sadeh,

\par }{\Q and Yerushalayim shall become a rubble heap,

\par }{\Q and the Har HaBeis\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3:12 }{\FT{HaMikdash, i.e., the Temple Mount}}} shall become a mound of scrubs.




\par }\PoetryChap{4}{\Q \VerseOne{1}But in the acharit hayamim
{\ADD{(the last days)}} it shall come to pass,

\par }{\Q that the Har Beis
{\ND{Hashem}} shall be established

\par }{\Q as the rosh heharim
{\ADD{(chief of mountains)}},

\par }{\Q and it shall be exalted above the hills;

\par }{\Q and amim
{\ADD{(peoples)}} shall stream unto it.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And Goyim rabbim shall come, and say:

\par }{\Q Come, and let us go up to the Har
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q and to the Beis Elohei Ya'akov;

\par }{\Q and He
{\ADD{(}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}} will be moreinu of His drakhim
{\ADD{(ways)}},

\par }{\Q and we will walk in His orkhot
{\ADD{(ways)}};

\par }{\Q for torah shall go forth from Tziyon,

\par }{\Q and the Devar
{\ND{Hashem}} from Yerushalayim.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And He shall judge among amim rabbim,

\par }{\Q and
{\ND{Hashem}} will be mochiach
{\ADD{(arbitrator)}} for Goyim atzumim afar off;

\par }{\Q and they shall beat their charavot
{\ADD{(swords)}} into plow blades,

\par }{\Q and their khanitot
{\ADD{(spears)}} into pruning knives;

\par }{\Q And Goy el Goy
{\ADD{(nation against nation)}} will not take up cherev
{\ADD{(sword)}},

\par }{\Q neither shall they learn milchamah
{\ADD{(war)}} any more.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}But they shall sit every man

\par }{\Q under his gefen
{\ADD{(vine)}} and under his te'enah
{\ADD{(fig tree)}};

\par }{\Q and none shall make them afraid;

\par }{\Q for the mouth of
{\ND{Hashem}} Tzva'os hath spoken.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For Kol HaAmmim will walk

\par }{\Q every one b'shem Elohav,

\par }{\Q and we will walk b'shem
{\ND{Hashem}}

\par }{\Q Eloheinu l'olam va'ed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}In Yom HaHu, saith
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q will I gather that which is lame,

\par }{\Q and I will gather those which have been thrust out,

\par }{\Q and those that I have afflicted;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And I will make that which is lame a She'erit
{\ADD{(remnant)}},

\par }{\Q v'hannahala'ah
{\ADD{(and that which is far removed)}} a Goy atzum
{\ADD{(mighty nation)}};

\par }{\Q and
{\ND{Hashem}} shall reign over them in Har Tziyon

\par }{\Q me'attah ve'ad olam
{\ADD{(from henceforth, even for ever}}).


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}And thou, O migdal eder
{\ADD{(tower of the flock)}}, hill of Bat Tziyon,

\par }{\Q unto thee shall it come,

\par }{\Q even the hammemshalah harishonah
{\ADD{(former dominion)}};

\par }{\Q the mamlachah
{\ADD{(kingdom)}} shall come to Bat Yerushalayim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Now why dost thou cry out aloud?

\par }{\Q Is there no melech in thee?

\par }{\Q Is thy yo'eitz
{\ADD{(counselor)}} perished?

\par }{\Q For pangs have taken thee like a woman in labor.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O Bat Tziyon,

\par }{\Q like a woman in labor;

\par }{\Q for now shalt thou go forth out of the city,

\par }{\Q and thou shalt dwell in the sadeh,

\par }{\Q and thou shalt go even to Babylon;

\par }{\Q there shalt thou be rescued;

\par }{\Q there
{\ND{Hashem}} shall redeem thee

\par }{\Q from the hand of thine oyvim
{\ADD{(enemies)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Now also Goyim rabbim are gathered against thee,

\par }{\Q that say: Let her be profaned and desecrated,

\par }{\Q and let our eye gloat over Tziyon.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But they have no da'as of the machshevot
{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{(thoughts of
}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}},

\par }{\Q neither have they binah
{\ADD{(understanding)}} of His etzah
{\ADD{(divine plan)}};

\par }{\Q for He shall gather them like the sheaves into the threshing floor.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Arise and thresh, O Bat Tziyon;

\par }{\Q for I will make thine keren
{\ADD{(horn)}} barzel
{\ADD{(iron)}},

\par }{\Q and I will make thy hooves bronze;

\par }{\Q and thou shalt beat in pieces amim rabbim;

\par }{\Q and I will devote unto
{\ND{Hashem}} as cherem their ill-gotten gains,

\par }{\Q and their wealth unto Adon Kol HaAretz.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:13 }{\FT{T.N. Moshiach is called this in
}}{\XT{Mal 3:1}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Now gather thyself in troops, O Bat Gedud
{\ADD{(Daughter of Troops)}};\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:14 }{\FT{i.e., warlike Yerushalayim}}}

\par }{\Q a matzor
{\ADD{(siege)}} hath been laid against us;

\par }{\Q they shall strike the Shofet Yisroel

\par }{\Q with a rod upon the cheek.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:14 }{\FT{See The Besuras HaGeulah According to
}}{\XT{Mt 27:30}}}




\par }\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}But thou, Beit-Lechem Ephratah,

\par }{\Q though thou be little among the Alphei Yehudah
{\ADD{(Thousands of Yehudah)}},

\par }{\Q yet out of thee shall He\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:1 }{\FT{Moshiach}}} come forth unto Me\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:1 }{\FT{{\ND{Hashem}}}}}

\par }{\Q that is to be Moshel Yisroel;

\par }{\Q whose goings forth\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:1 }{\FT{(i.e. origins)}}} have been mikedem
{\ADD{(from everlasting)}},\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:1 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{Hab 1:12}}}

\par }{\Q mimei olam
{\ADD{(from the days of eternity)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Therefore will He give them up,

\par }{\Q until the Et Yoledah
{\ADD{(time when she who is in labor)}} hath brought forth;

\par }{\Q then the rest of His\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:2 }{\FT{Moshiachʼs}}} Brethren

\par }{\Q shall return unto Bnei Yisroel.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And He\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:3 }{\FT{Moshiach}}} shall stand and shall shepherd in the strength of
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q in the majesty of the Shem of
{\ND{Hashem}} Elohav,

\par }{\Q and they\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:3 }{\FT{Bnei Yisroel}}} shall live;

\par }{\Q for then shall He\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:3 }{\FT{Moshiach}}} be great unto the ends of ha'aretz.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And this shall be Shalom.

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q When the Assyrian shall invade our land;

\par }{\Q and when he shall set foot on our armenot
{\ADD{(citadels)}},

\par }{\Q then shall we raise against him shivah ro'im
{\ADD{(seven shepherds)}},

\par }{\Q and shmoneh nesikhei adam
{\ADD{(eight leaders [tribal princes] of men)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And they shall shepherd Eretz Ashur
{\ADD{(Assyria)}} with the cherev,

\par }{\Q and Eretz Nimrod at its gates;

\par }{\Q thus shall He\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:5 }{\FT{Moshiach}}} deliver us from the Assyrian,

\par }{\Q when he cometh into our land,

\par }{\Q and when he sets foot within our borders.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be in the midst of many people

\par }{\Q like tal
{\ADD{(dew)}} from
{\ND{Hashem}}, like the showers upon the grass,

\par }{\Q that doth not await manʼs bidding,

\par }{\Q nor tarry for the bnei adam.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be among the Goyim

\par }{\Q in the midst of many people

\par }{\Q like an aryeh among the beasts of the forest,

\par }{\Q like a young lion among the edrei tzon
{\ADD{(flocks of sheep)}};

\par }{\Q who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces,

\par }{\Q and none can deliver.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries,

\par }{\Q and kol oyvecha
{\ADD{(all thine enemies)}} shall be cut off.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, saith
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q that I will cut off thy susim out of the midst of thee,

\par }{\Q and I will destroy thy merkavot
{\ADD{(chariots)}};


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And I will cut off the cities of thy land,

\par }{\Q and throw down all thy mivtzarim
{\ADD{(fortresses)}};


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And I will cut off keshafim
{\ADD{(witchcrafts)}} out of thine hand; n tsvishen dir,

\par }{\Q un vest zich mer nisht b

\par }{\Q and thou shalt have no more sorcerers;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thy graven images also will I cut off,

\par }{\Q and thy sacred pillars out of the midst of thee;

\par }{\Q and lo tishtachaveh
{\ADD{(thou shalt no more bow down to, worship)}} the work of thine hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And I will pluck up thy Asherim\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:13 }{\FT{i.e., sacred poles of the Asherah cult of Canaan}}} out of the midst of thee;

\par }{\Q so will I destroy thy cities.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And I will execute vengeance

\par }{\Q in anger and fury

\par }{\Q upon the Goyim that were without mishma'at
{\ADD{(obedience)}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{6}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hear ye now what
{\ND{Hashem}} saith:

\par }{\Q Arise, contend thou before heharim
{\ADD{(the mountains)}},

\par }{\Q and let the hills hear thy voice.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hear ye, O harim
{\ADD{(mountains)}}, the riv
{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{(dispute, case, lawsuit of
}}{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{)}};

\par }{\Q listen, ye enduring mosedei eretz
{\ADD{(foundations of the earth)}};

\par }{\Q for
{\ND{Hashem}} hath a case against His people,

\par }{\Q and He will contend with Yisroel.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}O Ami
{\ADD{(My people)}}, what have I done unto thee?

\par }{\Q And wherein have I been a burden to thee?

\par }{\Q Testify against Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For I brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q and redeemed thee out of the bais avadim
{\ADD{(house of slaves)}};

\par }{\Q and sent before thee Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}O Ami
{\ADD{(My people)}}, remember now

\par }{\Q what Balak Melech Moav did plot,

\par }{\Q and what Balaam ben Be'or answered him

\par }{\Q from Sheetim to Gilgal;\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:5 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{Josh 3—4}}}

\par }{\Q that ye may have da'as of the tzidkot
{\ADD{(righteous acts of)}}{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}With what shall I come before
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q and bow myself before Elohei Marom
{\ADD{(G-d on High)}}?

\par }{\Q Shall I come before Him with olot
{\ADD{(burnt offerings)}},

\par }{\Q with calves a year old?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Will
{\ND{Hashem}} be pleased with thousands of eilim
{\ADD{(rams)}},

\par }{\Q or with ten thousand rivers of shemen
{\ADD{(olive oil)}}?

\par }{\Q Shall I give my bechor
{\ADD{(firstborn)}} for my peysha,

\par }{\Q the p'ri
{\ADD{(fruit)}} of my beten for the chattat
{\ADD{(sin)}} of my nefesh?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He hath showed thee, O adam
{\ADD{(man)}}, what is tov.

\par }{\Q And what doth
{\ND{Hashem}} require of thee,

\par }{\Q but to do mishpat, and ahavat chesed,

\par }{\Q and to walk humbly with Eloheicha?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}{\ND{Hashem}}ʼs voice crieth unto the ir
{\ADD{(city)}}:

\par }{\Q To fear Thy Shem
{\ADD{(Name)}} is wisdom;

\par }{\Q heed the rod and the One who appointed it.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Are there yet the otzerot
{\ADD{(treasures)}} of wickedness

\par }{\Q in the bais rasha
{\ADD{(the house of the wicked)}},

\par }{\Q and the scant measure, the too small eifah
{\ADD{(bushel)}} which is accursed?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales,

\par }{\Q and with the bag of mirmah
{\ADD{(deceitful)}} weights?\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:11 }{\FT{T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah,
}}{\XT{Isa 53:9}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For the oisher
{\ADD{(the wealthy)}} thereof are full of chamas
{\ADD{(violence)}},\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:12 }{\FT{See Moshiach without chamas,
}}{\XT{Isa 53:9}}}

\par }{\Q and the inhabitants thereof have spoken sheker,

\par }{\Q and their leshon
{\ADD{(tongue)}} is remiyah
{\ADD{(guile)}} in their mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Therefore also will I make thee sick in striking thee,

\par }{\Q in making thee desolate because of chattotecha.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;

\par }{\Q and thy emptiness remains in thee;

\par }{\Q and thou shalt put away but not save;

\par }{\Q and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the cherev
{\ADD{(sword)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir
{\ADD{(harvest)}};

\par }{\Q thou shalt tread the zayit
{\ADD{(olives)}}, but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen
{\ADD{(olive oil)}};

\par }{\Q and yayin shalt thou not drink.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For the chukkot Omri
{\ADD{(statutes of Omri)}} are kept,

\par }{\Q and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av
{\ADD{(all the works of the House of Ahab)}};

\par }{\Q and ye walk in their mo'atzot
{\ADD{(advise, counsel)}};

\par }{\Q therefore, I should make thee a desolation,

\par }{\Q and the inhabitants thereof an object of hissing;

\par }{\Q therefore ye shall bear the cherpah
{\ADD{(scorn, abuse, disgrace)}} of Ami
{\ADD{(My people)}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{7}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe is me! For I am become like a gathering of kayitz
{\ADD{(summer fruit)}},

\par }{\Q like a gleaning of the vintage;

\par }{\Q there is no grape cluster to eat,

\par }{\Q none of the early figs my nefesh desired.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The chasid has disappeared from ha'aretz;

\par }{\Q and there is none yashar
{\ADD{(upright, straight)}} among men;

\par }{\Q they all lie in wait for dahm;

\par }{\Q they hunt every man his brother with a net.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}That they may do evil with both hands skillfully,

\par }{\Q the sar and the shofet asketh for a bribe;

\par }{\Q and hagadol uttereth the evil of his nefesh
{\ADD{(soul)}};

\par }{\Q so they weave it.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The best of them is like a brier;

\par }{\Q the yashar
{\ADD{([most] upright)}} is sharper than a thorn hedge;

\par }{\Q the yom of thy watchmen and thy pekuddah
{\ADD{(visitation)}} cometh;

\par }{\Q now shall their confusion follow.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Trust ye not in a re'a,

\par }{\Q put ye not confidence in an alluf
{\ADD{(confidant)}};

\par }{\Q keep the doors of thy mouth from her

\par }{\Q that lieth in thy kheyk
{\ADD{(bosom)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For the ben dishonoureth the av,

\par }{\Q the bat riseth up against her em,

\par }{\Q the kallah against her chamot;

\par }{\Q a manʼs enemies are the men of his own bais.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore I will look [in hope] for
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q I will wait for Elohei Yishi
{\ADD{(the G-d of my Salvation)}};

\par }{\Q Elohai
{\ADD{(my G-d)}} will hear me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Don't joyously gloat over me, O mine enemy;

\par }{\Q when I fall, I shall rise;

\par }{\Q when I sit in choshech,
{\ND{Hashem}} shall be ohr unto me.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will bear the wrath of
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q because I have sinned against Him,

\par }{\Q until He plead my case,

\par }{\Q and execute mishpat for me;

\par }{\Q He will bring me forth into the ohr,

\par }{\Q and I shall behold His tzedakah.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Then mine enemy shall see it,

\par }{\Q and bushah
{\ADD{(shame)}} shall cover her

\par }{\Q which said unto me: Where is
{\ND{Hashem}} thy G-d?

\par }{\Q Mine eyes shall behold her;

\par }{\Q now shall she be trodden down like the mire of the streets.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}In the yom that thy fences are to be built,

\par }{\Q in Yom HaHu
{\ADD{(that Day)}} shall the chok
{\ADD{(prescribed limit, boundary)}} be far away.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}In that yom also it shall come into your possession

\par }{\Q from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,

\par }{\Q even from Egypt to the Euphrates,

\par }{\Q from yam to yam, and from har to har.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Notwithstanding ha'aretz shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,

\par }{\Q for the fruit of their doings.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}Tend as a shepherd Thy people with Thy staff,

\par }{\Q the tzon of Thine nachalah,

\par }{\Q which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel;

\par }{\Q let them feed in Bashan and Gil'ad,

\par }{\Q as in days of old.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}According to the days of thy coming out of Eretz Mitzrayim

\par }{\Q will I show unto it marvellous things.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The Goyim shall see and be ashamed at all their might;

\par }{\Q they shall lay their hand upon their mouth,

\par }{\Q their ears shall be deaf.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}They shall lick the aphar
{\ADD{(dust)}} like the nachash,

\par }{\Q like crawlers that crawl on eretz
{\ADD{(ground)}}

\par }{\Q they will come trembling out of their dens;

\par }{\Q they shall be afraid of
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheinu,

\par }{\Q and shall turn in fear because of Thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Mee El kamocha
{\ADD{(Who is a G-d like unto Thee)}}, removing avon,

\par }{\Q and passing over peysha of the She'erit of His Nachalah?
{\ND{Hashem}} retaineth not His anger forever,

\par }{\Q because He delighteth in chesed.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He will turn again; He will have compassion upon us;

\par }{\Q He will subdue avonoteinu
{\ADD{(our iniquities)}};

\par }{\Q and tashlich
{\ADD{(thou wilt cast, throw)}}

\par }{\Q all their sins into the depths of the yam.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Thou wilt give emes to Ya'akov,

\par }{\Q and chesed to Avraham,

\par }{\Q as Thou hast sworn unto avoteinu from days of long ago.

\par }