Micah 1:6

Micah 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour her stones into the valley and lay bare her foundations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards, and I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations.

Context of Micah 1:6

4The mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside. 5All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem? Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the countryside, a planting area for a vineyard. I will roll her stones into the valley and expose her foundations. 7All 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 for a prostitute. 8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like ostriches.

Micah 1:6 word by word

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י שֹׁמְר֛וֹן לְעִ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְמַטָּ֣עֵי כָ֑רֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י לַגַּי֙ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ אֲגַלֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• as an heapעִי‛îy · ruinH5856
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• as plantingsמַטָּעmaţţâ‛ · plantationH4302
• of a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• and I will pour downנָגַרnâgar · to pourH5064
• the stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• thereof into the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• and I will discoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• the foundationsיְסוֹדyesôd · foundationH3247

Cross-references for Micah 1:6

• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.
• 2 Kings 19:25Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.
• Isaiah 25:2For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.
• Jeremiah 9:11I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, an uninhabited place.
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
• Jeremiah 51:25Look, I am against you, devastating mountain. This is the Lord’s declaration. You devastate the whole earth. I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you down from the cliffs, and turn you into a charred mountain.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the head of every street.
• Ezekiel 13:14I will demolish the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Habakkuk 3:13You come out to save your people, to save your anointed. You crush the leader of the house of the wicked and strip him from foot to neck.Selah
• Matthew 24:2He replied to them, “Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.”

Commentaries on Micah 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will make Samaria - I will bring it to desolation: and, instead of being a royal city, it shall be a place for vineyards. Newcome observes, that Samaria was situated on a hill, the right soil for a vineyard. I will discover the foundations thereof - I will cause its walls and fortifications to be razed to the ground.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore - (literally, “And”) I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard Jerome: “The order of the sin was the order or the punishment.” Samaria‘s sins were the earliest, the most obstinate, the most unbroken, bound up with its being as a state. On it then God‘s judgments should first fall. It was a crown of pride Isaiah 28:1, resting on the head of the rich valleys, out of which it rose. Its soil is still rich. “The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7a heap of rubble: The Lord warned that he would completely destroy his treasured cities. Assyria almost completely destroyed Samaria in a brutal three-year siege from 724 to 722 BC. Samaria, like many ancient cities, was built on a hill. When the city was destroyed, soldiers pushed the stones of its walls down into the valley below. Ancient armies often tore down city walls stone by stone, all the way to the foundation. Samaria and Jerusalem were filled…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Samaria's punishment is mentioned first, as it was to fall before Jerusalem. as an heap of the field--(Mi 3:12). Such a heap of stones and rubbish as is gathered out of fields, to clear them (Ho 12:11). Palestine is of a soil abounding in stones, which are gathered out before the vines are planted (Is 5:2). as plantings of a vineyard--as a place where vines are planted. Vineyards were cultivated on the sides of hills exposed to the sun. The hill on…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:6

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Heir
• Lie
• Roll
• Wail
• Captivity
• Heap
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• Samaria, City of

Commentaries on Micah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings