Micah 1:9

For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Judah; and has reached to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

In Context

8Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and being naked she shall make lamentation as that of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.

10Ye that are in Gath, exalt not yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from the ruins of the house in derision: sprinkle dust in the place of your laughter.

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:13And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah came up Sennacherib king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Judah, and took them.

Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be smitten anymore, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

Isaiah 8:7therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

Isaiah 10:32Exhort ye them today to remain in the way: exhort ye beckoning with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Zion, even ye hills that are in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 36:2And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh out of Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large force: and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller’s field.

Jeremiah 15:18Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:9-16

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 743.) 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. 9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he… Read the whole commentary →

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