Micah 1:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Micah 1:3

1 The word of the Lord that came to ^aMicah of Moresheth in the days of ^bJotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

The Coming Judgment on Israel

2 Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from ^aHis holy temple.

3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place;
He will come down
And tread on the high places of the earth.

4 ^aThe mountains will melt under Him,
And the valleys will split
Like wax before the fire,
Like waters poured down a steep place.

5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob
And for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the transgression of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
And what are the ^ahigh places of Judah?
Are they not Jerusalem?

6 “Therefore I will make Samaria ^aa heap of ruins in the field,
Places for planting a vineyard;
I will pour down her stones into the valley,
And I will ^buncover her foundations.

7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,
And all her ^apay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire;
All her idols I will lay desolate,
For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot,
And they shall return to the ^bpay of a harlot.”

Mourning for Israel and Judah

8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
^aI will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,

9 For her wounds are incurable.
For ^ait has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem.

10 ^aTell it not in¹ Gath,
Weep not at all;
In Beth Aphrah
Roll yourself in the dust.

Verse Comparison: Micah 1:3

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

Amplified® Bible
For behold, the Lord comes forth out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
And he will come down to crush underfoot every pagan altar.

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

Good News Bible
The LORD is coming from his holy place; he will come down and walk on the tops of the mountains.

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.

New American Standard Bible
For behold, the LORD is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

New International Version
Look! The LORD is coming from his dwelling place;
he comes down and treads the high places of the earth.

New King James Version
For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place;
He will come down
And tread on the high places of the earth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His place He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Revised Standard Version
For behold, the LORD is coming forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.

New English Translation
Look,¹ the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!²

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