Micah 1:15

Micah 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)I will bring a conqueror against you who live in Mareshah. The nobles of Israel will flee to Adullam.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will again bring a conqueror to you, inhabitants of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.

Context of Micah 1:15

13You people who live in Lachish, get your chariots and horses ready to go! You were the first people in Judah to do what is wrong. You are exactly like Israel's people, because, like them, you refused to obey God. 14You will need to give gifts to the people in Moresheth Gath, because they must go away. The houses in Akzib town will disappoint the kings of Israel. People in Mareshah, I (God) will bring an army against you, to fight your town. And it will win. And Israel's leaders will need to hide at Adullam. 16People in Judah, cut off all your hair. Make yourselves bald like vultures, because you will be very sad. Your enemies will take your children away. They will take your children, whom you love so much, away to another country!

Micah 1:15 word by word

עֹ֗ד הַיֹּרֵשׁ֙ אָ֣בִי לָ֔ךְ יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת מָֽרֵשָׁ֑ה עַד־עֲדֻּלָּ֥ם יָב֖וֹא כְּב֥וֹד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet will I bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• an heirיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• unto thee, O inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmar'êshâh marêshâh · MareshahH4762
• he shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto Adullamעֲדֻלָּם‛ădûllâm · AdullamH5725
• the gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Micah 1:15

• Isaiah 7:17But the Lord will bring even greater trouble to you! It will be very bad for you, for the royal family, and for your people. Nothing as bad will have happened since Ephraim became separate from Judah. Yes, the Lord will bring the king of Assyria to attack you!’
• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Jeremiah 49:1The Lord gave this message about the people of Ammon: ‘There are plenty of Israel's descendants who are still alive. They are strong enough to live in the land that is their home. So why have people who worship the god Molech moved in to the land of Gad's tribe? They should not be living in towns that belong to Gad's people.’
• Joshua 15:44Keilah, Aczib and Mareshah. There were nine towns with their villages.
• 1 Samuel 22:1Then David left Gath and he went to a cave near Adullam. His brothers and his father's family discovered where he had gone. So they all went to visit him.
• Isaiah 10:3It will be bad for you on the day when God comes to judge people. You will not escape the punishment that he will bring from far away. There will be nobody to help you. There will be no safe place to hide your valuable things.
• Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh and Azekah.
• 2 Chronicles 11:7Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,

Commentaries on Micah 1:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O - Mareshah - Here is another instance, הירש haigeresh, to bring an heir, and מרשה mareshah, the city, the name of which signifies heirship. And so of the above proper names. Adullam the glory of Israel - This was a fenced city in the south of Judah (see 2 Chronicles 11:7;) towards the Dead Sea. There is much obscurity in the concluding verses of this chapter. They undoubtedly refer to the captivity of Israel, and to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Yet will I bring an heir - (the heir, him whom God had appointed to be the heir, Sennacherib) unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah Mareshah, (as the original form of its name denotes, lay on the summit of a hill. “Its ruins only were still seen,” in the time of Eusebius and Jerome, “in the second mile from Eleutheropolis” (Onomasticon).: “Foundations still remain on the south-eastern part of the remarkable Tell, south of Beth-Jibrin.” Rehoboam fortified it…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as mourners used to do; let every house in Jerusalem become a house of Aphrah, "a house of dust." When God makes the house dust it becomes us to humble ourselves to the dust under his mighty hand. Many places should share this mourning. The names have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The glory: The leaders of Israel were supposed to be the nation's "glory" by showing moral excellence and wise, caring leadership. Instead, God's shepherds corrupted their nation. Assyria destroyed Adullam in 701 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee--rather, "the heir." As thou art now occupied by possessors who expelled the former inhabitants, so will I bring "yet" again the new possessor, namely, the Assyrian foe. Other heirs will supplant us in every inheritance but that of heaven. There is a play upon the meaning of Mareshah, "an inheritance": there shall come the new heir of the inheritance. Adullam the glory of Israel--so called as being superior in…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:15

• Adullam
• Mareshah
• Micah

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Adullam
• Heir
• Lie
• Roll
• Wail
• Micah (2)
• Moresheth-Gath

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