Micah 1:14

Therefore you must give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath. Beth-achzib will betray the kings of Israel.

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In The King James Version

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

In Context

13Harness the horse to the chariot, inhabitants of Lachish. You led the daughter of Zion, Jerusalem, into sin, in you are found the crimes of Israel.

15I will hand you to a conqueror, people of Mareshah, the leaders of Israel will hide in Adullam Cave!

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Cross References

Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah, nine towns with their villages.

Psalms 118:8It is better to hide in the Lord than to trust in mortals.

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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