Micah 1:14

Translations

Modern

Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

Traditional

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Literal

Therefore you will give farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib are a deceit to the kings of Israel.

Latin

Propterea dabit emissarios super hæreditatem Geth, domus mendacii in deceptionem regibus Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

Notes

Micah 1:14

Farewell gifts marked the end for the people of Moresheth-gath, as the Assyrians took control of the city.

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

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
Psalm 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Psalm 146:3–4
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
2 Kings 18:14–16
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
2 Chronicles 16:1–3
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Psalm 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Isaiah 30:6
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Achzib: A town in Judah, birthplace of Shelah Moresheth: Hometown of the prophet Micah in Judah

Glossary

Aczib Book of Micah Moresheth-Gath

Topics

Micah: One of the Minor Prophets

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