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

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. 8Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go barefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches. For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem. 10Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust. 11Go on your way, inhabitant of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness. The inhabitant of Zaanan does not escape. The lamentation of Beth-ezel: “He will take from you its support.”

Micah 1:9 word by word

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

• woundמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• is incurableאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• it has comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• It has reachedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Micah 1:9

• Isaiah 1:5Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream With water that is unreliable?
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you; For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
• 2 Kings 18:9Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.
• Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth Becomes weak waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the Lord To the gate of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself.
• Isaiah 10:28He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin daughter of Zion; She has shaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem!

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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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