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 Living Translation (NLT)O people of Mareshah, I will bring a conqueror to capture your town. And the leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.

Context of Micah 1:15

13O inhabitant of Lachish, Harness the chariot to the swift steeds (She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion), For the transgressions of Israel were found in you. 14Therefore you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath; The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam. 16Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of your precious children; Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity.

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 7:17The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”
• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• Jeremiah 49:1Against the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in its cities?
• Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages;
• 1 Samuel 22:1David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
• Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
• 2 Chronicles 11:7Beth Zur, Sochoh, 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
• Adullam
• Heir
• Lie
• Roll
• Wail
• Micah (2)
• Moresheth-Gath
• Names, Proper
• Palestine

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