Micah 1:14
12 For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
- KJV
- Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
- WEB
- Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
- ASV
- Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel.
- DARBY
- Therefore shalt thou give parting-gifts to Moresheth-Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
- BLB
- Therefore you will give farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib [are] a deceit to the kings of Israel.
- ÅB
- Derfor skal du gi avskjedsgaver for Moreset-Gat.
Husene i Aksib blir som en sviktende bekk
for Israels konger. - OTB
- Derfor vil du sende avskjedsgaver
For Moresjet-Gat;
Husene i Aksib vil vise seg å være bedragerske
For Israels konger. - B1930
- Derfor skal du gi avkall på Moreset-Gat; husene i Aksib blir som en sviktende bekk for Israels konger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
Read in context2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
Read in contextPsalms 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Read in context2 Chronicles 16:1–3
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Read in contextPsalms 146:3–4
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:6
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
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