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 King James Version (NKJV)I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.

Context of Micah 1:15

13Harness your chariot horses and flee, you people of Lachish. You were the first city in Judah to follow Israel in her rebellion, and you led Jerusalem into sin. 14Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; there is no hope of saving it. The town of Aczib has deceived the kings of Israel. O people of Mareshah, I will bring a conqueror to capture your town. And the leaders of Israel will go to Adullam. 16Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow, for the children you love will be snatched away. Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.

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 7:17“Then the Lord will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
• Isaiah 10:5“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.
• Jeremiah 49:1This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the Lord says: “Are there no descendants of Israel to inherit the land of Gad? Why are you, who worship Molech, living in its towns?
• Joshua 15:44Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their surrounding villages.
• 1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe?
• Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
• 2 Chronicles 11:7Beth-zur, Soco, 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
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Adullam
• Heir
• Lie
• Roll
• Wail
• Micah (2)
• Moresheth-Gath

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