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 her images will be smashed, all her prostitute’s pay burned with fire, and all her idols I will make desolate. For from prostitute’s pay she collected them and to prostitute’s pay they will return. 8Concerning this let me lament and howl. Let me walk barefoot and naked. I will make a howl like jackals and a mourning like ostriches. For her wounds are incurable. For it has come up to Judah. It has reached the gate of my people— even up to Jerusalem! 10Tell it not in Gath—weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll in the dust. 11Pass on, you who dwell in Saphir— nakedness and shame— she who dwells in Zaanan will not come out. Wailing of Beth-ezel: He will take from you its standing-place.

Micah 1:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For her woundמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• incurableאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• for it is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• he is comeנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• unto the 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 struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a mirage of water that is undependable?
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,” declares Adonai, “to save you, for I will make a full end of all the nations where I scatter you. but I will not make a full end of you. For I will discipline you justly, but will not leave you unpunished.”
• 2 Kings 18:9Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of King Elah of Israel, that King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it,
• Isaiah 8:7therefore behold, Adonai is bringing on them the waters of the River— mighty and massive— Assyria’s king with all his glory! It will rise over all its channels and spill over all its banks.
• Micah 1:12For she who dwells in Maroth has languished for something good. For calamity has come down from Adonai to Jerusalem’s gate.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1After these acts of faithfulness, Sen­na­cherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He encamped against the fortified cities, intending to break into them for himself.
• Isaiah 10:28He has come to Aiath, and passed through Migron. At Michmas he deposited his supplies.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that Adonai has spoken about him: “The virgin Daughter of Zion will despise you and mock you. The daughter of Jerusalem will shake her head at you.

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