The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
Each chapter lists its finds under its title, and the chapter picker shows how many finds every book and chapter has. The AA button sets the text size, light or dark, and English, Hebrew, or the two together.
Chapter 1
1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite, who prophesied concerning Samaria and Jerusalem in the reigns of Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah.
2Listen, all you peoples,Give heed, O earth, and all it holds;And let my Lord GOD be your accuser—My Lord from His holy abode.
3For lo! the LORDIs coming forth from His dwelling-place,He will come down and strideUpon the heights of the earth.
4The mountains shall melt under HimAnd the valleys burst open—Like wax before fire,Like water cascading down a slope.
5All this is for the transgression of Jacob,And for the sins of the House of Israel.What is the transgression of JacobBut Samaria,And what the shrines of JudahBut Jerusalem?
6So I will turn SamariaInto a ruin in open country,Into ground for planting vineyards;For I will tumble her stones into the valleyAnd lay her foundations bare.
7All her sculptured images shall be smashed,And all her harlot’s wealth be burned,And I will make a waste heap of all her idols,For they were amassed from fees for harlotry,And they shall become harlots’ fees again.
8Because of this I will lament and wail;I will go stripped and naked!I will lament as sadly as the jackals,As mournfully as the ostriches.
9For her wound is incurable,It has reached Judah,It has spread to the gate of my people,To Jerusalem.
10Tell it not in Gath,Refrain from weeping;In Beth-leaphrah,Strew dust over your [head].
11Pass on, inhabitants of Shaphir!Did not the inhabitants of ZaananHave to go forth naked in shame?There is lamentation in Beth-ezel—It will withdraw its support from you.
12Though the inhabitants of MarothHoped for good,Yet disaster from the LORD descendedUpon the gate of Jerusalem.
13Hitch the steeds to the chariot,Inhabitant of Lachish✦!It is the beginningOf Fair Zion’s guilt;Israel’s transgressionsCan be traced to you!
14Truly, you must give a farewell giftTo Moresheth-gath.The houses of Achzib areTo the kings of IsraelLike a spring that fails.
15A dispossessor will I bring to youWho dwell in Mareshah;At Adullam the gloryOf Israel shall set.
16Shear off your hair and make yourself baldFor the children you once delighted in;Make yourself as bald as a vulture,For they have been banished from you.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).