For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
For mortal are her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people--to Jerusalem.
For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah, it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMicah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.
- Author
- Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
- Date
- c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah