Micah 1:5

Micah 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
• New International Version (NIV)All this is because of Jacob’s transgression, because of the sins of the people of Israel. What is Jacob’s transgression? Is it not Samaria? What is Judah’s high place? Is it not Jerusalem?
• English Standard Version (ESV)All 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?
• New King James Version (NKJV)All 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 are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?

Context of Micah 1:5

3For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. 4The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? 6For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations. 7All of her idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.

Micah 1:5 word by word

בְּפֶ֤שַׁע יַֽעֲקֹב֙ כָּל־זֹ֔את וּבְחַטֹּ֖אות בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִֽי־פֶ֣שַׁע יַעֲקֹ֗ב הֲלוֹא֙ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וּמִי֙ בָּמ֣וֹת יְהוּדָ֔ה הֲל֖וֹא יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• is for the rebellionפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• And for the sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Whatמִיmîy · who?H4310
• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• Is it not Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Micah 1:5

• 2 Kings 17:7Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord, “Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
• Isaiah 59:1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.
• Jeremiah 2:17Have you not done this to yourself By your forsaking the Lord your God When He led you in the way?
• Jeremiah 4:18Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”
• Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.
• Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also.
• Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,
• 1 Kings 13:32For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”
• Hosea 7:1When I would heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside,
• Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?
• Amos 6:1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.
• Amos 8:14As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’ And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ They will fall and not rise again.”
• 2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the sons of Israel.

Commentaries on Micah 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5What is the transgression of Jacob? - Is it not something extremely grievous? Is it not that of Samaria? Samaria and Jerusalem, the chief cities, are infected with idolatry. Each has its high places, and its idol worship, in opposition to the worship of the true God. That there was idolatry practiced by the elders of Israel, even in the temple of Jehovah, see Ezekiel 8:1, etc. As the royal cities in both kingdoms gave the example of gross idolatry, no…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For the transgression of Jacob is all this - Not for any change of purpose in God; nor, again, as the effect of man‘s lust of conquest. None could have any power against God‘s people, unless it had been given him by God. Those mighty monarchies of old existed but as God‘s instruments, especially toward His own people. God said at this time of Assyria Isaiah 10:5, Asshur rod of Mine anger, and the staff in his hand is Mine indignation; and Isaiah 37:26…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Transgression is the same as sins. These two words describe Israel's failure in the Old Testament. What is … what it: The capital cities of God's people should have been holy places, but they became sources of corruption instead. Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by Omri, who ruled from 885 to 874 BC. It was a political, military, and economic crossroads of the ancient Near East (1 Kings 16:24). Omri was an evil king, so…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. For the transgression of Jacob is all this--All these terrors attending Jehovah's coming are caused by the sins of Jacob or Israel, that is, the whole people. What is the transgression of Jacob?--Taking up the question often in the mouths of the people when reproved, "What is our transgression?" (compare Mal 1:6, 7), He answers, Is it not Samaria? Is not that city (the seat of the calf-worship) the cause of Jacob's apostasy (1Ki 14:16; 15:26, 34…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:5

• Idolatry
• Jerusalem

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jacob
• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Samaria
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Samaria, Samaritan

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