Micah 1:3

For lo! Yahweh, coming forth out of his place,—that he may descend, and march along upon the high places of the earth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 ye peoples, all of you, Hearken, O earth and the fulness thereof,—and let My Lord Yahweh be among you for a witness, My Lord out of his holy temple.

4Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft,—as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in a steep place.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the land, Caused him to eat the increase of the fields,—And gave him to suck honey out of the cliff, And oil out of the rock of flint:

Job 40:12Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:

Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, Or hide thee in the dust,—Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour.

Isaiah 26:21For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him,—Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

Isaiah 64:1Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,

Hosea 5:14For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,—I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to 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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