Micah of Moresheth, a village prophet contemporary with Isaiah, sees the word 'concerning Samaria and Jerusalem,' and God comes out of his place to tread the high places of the earth, mountains melting under him like wax. The question is diagnostic: what is the transgression of Jacob (is it not Samaria? and the high places of Judah), are they not Jerusalem? The capitals themselves are the disease. Samaria becomes a heap in a field, and 'her wound is incurable; for it is come even unto Judah… even to Jerusalem.' The prophet strips and wails like the jackals, then names the doomed towns of his own countryside in a chain of grim puns.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Micah — Micah overview

A. 1–7 The LORD comes down and the mountains melt like wax
B. 8–9 Stripped and wailing like the jackals
C. 10–16 A roll call of doomed towns, each name a wound

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Joshua 152 verses
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
- Read Joshua 15 →
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Read Isaiah 1 →
Isaiah 202 verses
- Isaiah 20:2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
- Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
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Isaiah 222 verses
- Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
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2 Chronicles 322 verses
- 2 Chronicles 32:1After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
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Jeremiah 261 verse
- Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
- Read Jeremiah 26 →
Hosea 11 verse
- Hosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
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Psalms 111 verse
- Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.