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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“So I, the Lord, will make the city of Samaria a heap of ruins. Her streets will be plowed up for planting vineyards. I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below, exposing her foundations.

Context of Micah 1:6

4And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place. 5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? 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. 7All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay waste, for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return. 8For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the 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 shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
• 2 Kings 19:25"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,
• Isaiah 25:2For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners' palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• Jeremiah 9:11I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."
• Jeremiah 51:37and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
• Jeremiah 51:25"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.
• Lamentations 4:1How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
• Ezekiel 13:14And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
• Habakkuk 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
• Matthew 24:2But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon 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

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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