Micah 1:9

For her wound is incurable; 1 for it is come unto Yehudah; 1 it is come unto the sha'ar ami (gate of my people) 1 even to Yerushalayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 I will weep and wail, 1 I will go barefoot and arom (half-naked); 1 I will wail like the jackals, 1 and mourn like the ostriches. 1

10Declare ye it not at Gat, 1 weep ye not at all; 1 at Beit L'aphrah (House of Dust) roll thyself in the aphar (dust). 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of Melech Chizkiyah did Sancheriv Melech Ashur come up against all the fortified cities of Yehudah, and captured them.

Isaiah 1:5Why, seeing that ye will be stricken again, 1 will ye rebel stubbornly again? 1 The kol rosh is sick, 1 and the kol levav faint. 1

Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, hinei, Adonoi bringeth up upon them 1 the waters of the river, strong and many, 1 even Melech Ashur, and all his kavod; 1 and he shall come up over all his channels, 1 and go over all his banks; 1

Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nov this very day; 1 he shall shake his fist against the Har Bat Tziyon, 1 the Givat Yerushalayim. 1

Isaiah 36:2And Melech Ashur sent Rav Shakeh from Lakhish to Yerushalayim unto Melech Chizkiyah with a large army. And he stood by the te'alat haberekhah haelyonah (aqueduct of the Upper Pool) on the highway of the sadeh of the launderer.

Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain netzach (perpetual, never ending) and my wound incurable, 1 which refuseth to be healed? 1 Wilt Thou be altogether unto me like achzav (deception) 1 and mayim lo ne'emanu (waters that have not proved reliable)? 1

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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