Micah 1:9

Micah 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)For Samaria’s plague is incurable; it has spread to Judah. It has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem.

Context of Micah 1:9

7I will break all the false gods into pieces and I will destroy them. I will burn all the gifts that the people brought for those false gods. The people have paid so that they could have sex with bad women in those places. Your enemies will come and they will take away this money. They will give it to their gods in the same way.’ 8Because of what God has said, I will cry aloud. And I will weep. I will walk about without shoes or clothes. I will scream like a wild dog, and I will cry like a bird in the night. Because Samaria has such bad wounds it can never get well. And the same will happen also to Judah's people. The enemies have already reached the gates of my people, that is, Jerusalem itself. 10Do not talk about this in the city of Gath. Do not even weep there. But you people at Beth-Leaphrah, roll on the ground to show how sad you are. 11You people who live in Shaphir, go on your way. Your enemies will not let you wear any clothes while they take you away. So you will be ashamed. The people who live in Zaanan will be afraid to leave their city. The people at Beth-Ezel will cry because nobody comes to help them.

Micah 1:9 word by word

כִּ֥י אֲנוּשָׁ֖ה מַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָ כִּי־בָ֙אָה֙ עַד־יְהוּדָ֔ה נָגַ֛ע עַד־שַׁ֥עַר עַמִּ֖י עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For her woundמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• incurableאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• for it is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• he is comeנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• unto the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Micah 1:9

• Isaiah 1:5You continue to fight against God. Why do you do that? God will continue to punish you. You are weak and you hurt all over. Your mind and your body have great pain.
• Jeremiah 15:18I am in pain which never ends. People have hurt me and nothing makes it better. Why are you not there to help me? You are like a stream that becomes dry and it has no water.’
• Jeremiah 30:11The Lord says, ‘I am with you and I will save you. I have sent you away to live in foreign lands. That was the punishment that you deserved. I will completely destroy the nations where I sent you to live. But I will not completely destroy you. I will certainly punish you, but only as much as you deserve.’
• 2 Kings 18:9When Hezekiah had been king for four years, Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria, took his army to attack Samaria. That was when Hoshea had been king of Israel for seven years. The Assyrian army made their camp around the city of Samaria.
• Isaiah 8:7So I will cause this to happen. I, the Lord God, will bring floods of water from the Euphrates river. That will be the king of Assyria and his powerful armies. They will come like a great river that rises high over its sides.
• Micah 1:12The people at Maroth are in pain while they wait. They were waiting and hoping for something good. But the Lord sent only something bad. He brought trouble even to the gates of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1After King Hezekiah had done all these good things, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked Judah. He put his soldiers in camps around all the strong cities in Judah. He wanted to take the cities for himself.
• Isaiah 10:28Assyria's army attacks Aiath! It marches through Migron. They store their things at Michmash.
• Isaiah 37:22This is the Lord's reply. The Lord says this about King Sennacherib: “The holy people of Zion laugh at you! They think that you are useless. Yes, the people of Jerusalem shake their heads as you run away.

Commentaries on Micah 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Her wound is incurable - Nothing shall prevent their utter ruin, for they have filled up the measure of their iniquity. He is come - even to Jerusalem - The desolation and captivity of Israel shall first take place; that of Judah shall come after.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For her - Samaria‘s Wound - o(literally, her wounds, or strokes, (the word is used especially of those inflicted by God, (Leviticus 26:21; Numbers 11:33; Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, etc.) each, one by one,) is incurable The idiom is used of inflictions on the body politic (Jeremiah 30:12, Jeremiah 30:15) or the mind, for which there is no remedy. The wounds were very sick, or incurable, not in themselves or on God‘s part, but on Israel‘s. The…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. 9Judah … Jerusalem: The corruption spread throughout the entire nation, from north to south.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. wound ... incurable--Her case, politically and morally, is desperate (Jr 8:22). it is come--the wound, or impending calamity (compare Is 10:28). he is come ... even to Jerusalem--The evil is no longer limited to Israel. The prophet foresees Sennacherib coming even "to the gate" of the principal city. The use of "it" and "he" is appropriately distinct. "It," the calamity, "came unto" Judah, many of the inhabitants of which suffered, but did not reach…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:9

• Idolatry

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• Judah
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• Roll
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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