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Jeremiah 26:18

in Jeremiah 26

“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.’

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

KJV

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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This verse in Jeremiah 26

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Micah the Morasthite - The same as stands among the prophets. Now all these prophesied as hard things against the land as Jeremiah has done; yet they were not put to death, for the people saw that they were sent of God.

This site's exposition

certain of the elders of the land

on Jeremiah 26:17-19

Certain of the elders of the land answer the death sentence with a precedent rather than a plea, quoting Micah 3:12 by name and by its exact words a century earlier, Zion shall be plowed like a field, one of the rare places in the Old Testament where one canonical prophet's words are cited verbatim by another. Verse 19 draws the conclusion, did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?, naming a king who feared the Lord and besought him instead, and the Lord repented him of the evil, judgment withdrawn rather than a prophet punished for pronouncing it. Thus might we procure great evil against our souls turns the argument on the assembly itself, execution now framed as the sin rather than the message that provoked the charge.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Micah - This was that Micah, whose prophecies are part of holy writ, as appears by Micah i, 1; iii, 12, where are the very words of the prophecy here mentioned, the substance of whose prophecy was the same with this, that Zion should be plowed up, and the place where the temple stood, should become so desolate that trees should grow there, as in a forest.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Morasthite--called so from a village of the tribe Judah. Hezekiah--The precedent in the reign of such a good king proved that Jeremiah was not the only prophet, or the first, who threatened the city and the temple without incurring death. mountain of the house--Moriah, on which stood the temple (peculiarly called "the house") shall be covered with woods instead of buildings.

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • מִיכָה֙Micah

    mikhayahH4318 →

  • הַמּ֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔יthe Morasthite

    hamorashtiH4183 →

  • הָיָ֣הhe was

    hayahH1961 →3559 times

  • נִבָּ֔אprophesying

    niba'H5012 →115 times

  • בִּימֵ֖יin [the] days of

    bimeiH3117 →2304 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַם֩[the] people of

    ʾamH5971 →1873 times

  • יְהוּדָ֨הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לֵאמֹ֜ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֣ר׀he says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָא֗וֹתof hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • צִיּ֞וֹןZion

    tziyonH6726 →154 times

  • שָׂדֶ֤הa field

    sadehH7704 →334 times

  • תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙it will be plowed

    techareshH2790 →74 times

  • וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙and Jerusalem

    virushalayimH3389 →643 times

  • עִיִּ֣יםheaps of ruins

    ʾiyimH5856 →

  • תִּֽהְיֶ֔הit will be

    tihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • וְהַ֥רand [the] mountain of

    veharH2022 →546 times

  • הַבַּ֖יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • לְבָמ֥וֹת<into> high places of

    levamotH1116 →102 times

  • יָֽעַר׃a forest

    yaarH3293 →59 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 24:2“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”11 worksMicah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.9 worksMicah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:8 worksNehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”5 worksZechariah 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”5 worksJeremiah 17:3O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 79:1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.4 worksIsaiah 2:2–3In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.3 worksJeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”3 worksIsaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.3 worksJeremiah 22:6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.3 works1 Chronicles 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.3 worksMark 13:2“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”3 worksPsalms 137:3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”3 works2 Kings 19:25Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.2 worksJeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.2 worksJeremiah 7:14therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.2 worksMark 14:57Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Micah 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 1:1

      This 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.

    • Hosea 1:1

      This 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…

    • Amos 1:1

      These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 17:3

    O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 15:13

      Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.

  • Through

    Micah 3:12

    Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 79:1

      The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

    • Micah 4:1–2

      In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to…

  • Through

    Zechariah 8:3

    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…

    it leads to

    • John 1:14

      The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    • Zechariah 1:16

      Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out…

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 26 →

Who and where

5 names in this verse with a page on the site.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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