Micah 1:5

³ For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

⁴ The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

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?

⁶ Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

⁷ All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

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: 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?
KJV: For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
WEB: “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?
ASV: For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
DARBY: For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. Whence is the transgression of Jacob? is it not [from] Samaria? And whence are the high places of Judah? are they not [from] Jerusalem?
BLB: All this [is] for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is [it] not Samaria? And what [are] the high places of Judah? Are [they] not Jerusalem?

ÅB: Alt dette skjer for Jakobs opprør,
for de syndene Israels hus har gjort.
Hva er Jakobs opprør?
Er det ikke Samaria?
Og hva er Judas offerhauger?
Er det ikke Jerusalem?
OTB: Alt dette er på grunn av Jakobs overtredelse
Og Israels hus' synder.
Hva er Jakobs overtredelse? Er det ikke Samaria?
Hva er Judas høyde? Er det ikke Jerusalem?
B1930: For Jakobs frafall skjer alt dette, for de synder Israels hus har gjort. Hvem er ophavet til Jakobs frafall? Mon ikke Samaria? Og hvem til Judas offerhauger? Mon ikke Jerusalem?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 8:14
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”
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Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
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Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
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Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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Jeremiah 2:17
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
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1 Kings 13:32
for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
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2 Chronicles 28:23–25
Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
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