Micah 1:3

Behold, Jehovah cometh forth from his dwelling-place; He cometh down, and advanceth upon the high places of the earth.

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In The King James Version

For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

In Context

2Hear, all ye nations, Give ear, O earth, and all that is therein! The Lord, Jehovah, appeareth as a witness against you, The Lord from his holy palace.

4The mountains melt under him, And the valleys cleave asunder, Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.

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Cross References

Job 40:12Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!

Isaiah 2:10Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

Isaiah 26:21For behold, Jehovah cometh forth from his place, To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth shall disclose her blood, And shall no longer cover her slain.

Isaiah 64:1O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and come down; That the mountains might tremble at thy presence,

Hosea 5:14For I will be as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear, and will depart; I will take away, and none shall rescue.

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:2-8

Micah We shall have some account of this prophet in the first verse of the book of his prophecy; and therefore shall here only observe that, being contemporary with the prophet Isaiah (only that he began to prophesy a little after him), there is a near resemblance between that prophet's prophecy and this; and there is a prediction of the advancement and establishment of the gospel-church, which both of them have, almost in the same words, that out of the mouth of two such witnesses so great a word might be… Read the whole commentary →

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