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Micah 1

Micah 1:12

Weeping and Mourning · Micah 1:8–16
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Translations

Modern
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Traditional
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Literal
For the dweller of Maroth has waited anxiously for good, because calamity has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem!
Latin
Quia infirmata est in bonum, quæ habitat in amaritudinibus; quia descendit malum a Domino in portam Jerusalem.

Original

Hebrew
English
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

Notes

Micah 1:12

even to … Jerusalem: God's judgment reaches everywhere corruption has spread (compare Micah 1:9).

Micah 1:10–15

The cities listed were in the lowlands of southwestern Judah's coastal areas. This sequence might show the Assyrian army's march down the coastal plain and then into Judah's heartland in 703 to 701 BC.

Micah 1:8–16

  • In response to the Lord’s predicted judgment, Micah walked barefoot and naked to show mourning (see Isaiah 20:2; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 24:17). This act vividly showed what would happen to Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah). They would lose their wealth, power, and population.

  • A jackal and an owl make sad sounds and live in deserted wilderness areas (see Isaiah 34:13; Jeremiah 50:39).

Micah 1:2–2:13

This message of judgment focuses on key themes in Micah's prophecies. It shows God's decision to judge his people and send them into exile (Micah 1:16; 2:4–5). However, it ends with the Lord's promise to save a small group from exile (Micah 2:12–13).

Events

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions Maroth: A town in Judah

Glossary

Book of Micah Maarath Maroth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God Maroth: A City of the Tribe of Judah