Micah 第1章
The Coming Destruction
1:2 See Isa. 1:2pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,
and 1:2 Mal. 3:5let the Lord God be a witness against you,
and will come down and 1:3 Amos 4:13; [Deut. 32:13]tread upon the high places of the earth.
and the valleys will split open,
like wax before the fire,
like waters poured down a steep place.
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
1:5 [ver. 13] What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it not 1:5 [See ver. 1above] Samaria?
And what is 1:5 [2 Chr. 28:4]the high place of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones 1:6 [1 Kgs. 16:24] into the valley
and 1:6 Ezek. 13:14uncover her foundations.
and all her idols I will lay waste,
and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
I will go 1:8 See Isa. 20:2-4stripped and naked;
and mourning 1:8 Isa. 13:21like the ostriches.
and it has come to Judah;
it has reached to the gate of my people,
to Jerusalem.
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aphrah
1:10 [Jer. 6:26]roll yourselves in the dust.
11Pass on your way,
inhabitants of Shaphir,
the inhabitants of Zaanan
do not come out;
the lamentation of Beth-ezel
shall take away from you its standing place.
12For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come down 1:12 See Amos 3:6from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of 1:13 Josh. 10:3; 2 Kgs. 18:14, 17; 2 Chr. 32:9Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
1:13 [ver. 5; Hos. 13:1]the transgressions of Israel.
14Therefore you shall give parting gifts1:14 Or give dowry
to 1:14 [ver. 1] Moresheth-gath;
the houses of 1:14 Josh. 15:44Achzib shall be a deceitful thing
to the kings of Israel.
inhabitants of 1:15 [See ver. 14above] Mareshah;
the glory of Israel
shall come to 1:15 See 1 Sam. 22:1, 2Adullam.
161:16 See Isa. 22:12Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,
for the children of your delight;
1:16 See Isa. 22:12make yourselves as bald as the eagle,
for they shall go from you into exile.
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