Micah 1:9
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.
8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
10 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11 Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
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
- For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
- KJV
- For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- WEB
- For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- ASV
- For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah, it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- BLB
- For her wounds [are] incurable, for it has come to Judah; it has reached even to the gate of My people, to Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- For sårene hennes er uhelbredelige.
Ulykken har kommet like til Juda,
den har nådd like til mitt folks port,
til Jerusalem. - OTB
- For hennes sår er uhelbredelige,
For det har kommet til Juda;
Det har nådd mitt folks port,
Til og med til Jerusalem. - B1930
- For dets sår er ulægelige; for ulykken er kommet like til Juda, den har nådd like til mitt folks port, til Jerusalem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 30:11–15
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Read in contextMicah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:1–23
After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
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.
Read in context2 Kings 18:9–13
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:28–32
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:26
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
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