Micah 1:9
7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
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 thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Read in contextMicah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:1–23
After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Read in context2 Kings 18:9–13
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:28–32
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Read in contextIsaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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