Micah 1:9

For the blow that Samaria has received is incurable. It has spread over Judah, it extends even to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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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

8This is why I will mourn and wail, I will go barefoot and naked, I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the desert owl.

10Don’t tell this in Gath! Don’t even cry – but sit in the dust at Beth-leaphrah.

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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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