Micah 1:3

Translations

Modern

For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Traditional

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

Literal

For behold, YHWH is coming from His station. He will come down and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

Latin

Quia ecce Dominus egredietur de loco suo, et descendet, et calcabit super excelsa terræ.

Original

Hebrew

English

For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

Notes

Micah 1:3

Tread on the high places suggests a theophany, which is an appearance of God. This God is behind the upcoming historical events affecting Samaria (see Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 108:13; Amos 4:13). God rules over nations and nature. People also believed the Canaanite god Baal acted in this way. Descriptions like this highlight that the Lord, not Baal, is truly in control.

Micah 1:2–7

This oracle speaks about Samaria before 722 BC. In that year, Samaria was destroyed and its people were taken away into exile. The Sovereign Lord was coming to judge his people.

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).

Theme notes and profiles

The Coming of the Lord as Judge

Events

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

Amos 4:13
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Habakkuk 3:19
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
Hosea 5:14–15
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
Isaiah 2:10–19
Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
Job 40:12
Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
Isaiah 25:10
For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
Isaiah 64:1–2
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

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