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
8 notes on this verseMicah 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
Some of the elders of the
on Jeremiah 26:17-19
Some “elders of the land” answer with a precedent, quoting Micah 3:12 from a century earlier: “Zion will be plowed like a field.” Hezekiah spared Micah and sought the LORD's favor, the LORD relented, and now “we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
This site's exposition
Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days
The elders quote Micah 3:12, and Wesley notes that the words match that book exactly. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown explain the temple mount as Moriah, where woods would grow in place of buildings. Micah spoke just as hard a word and lived.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 onwards) And the men of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to the whole assembly of the people, saying: Micaiah of Moresheth was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house like the high places of a forest. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,.... Or, Micah of Maresha, as the Targum.
When we threaten secure sinners with the taking away of the Spirit of God and the kingdom of God from them, and declining churches with the removal of the candlestick, we say no more than what has been said many a time, and what we have warrant from the word of God to say. Was it thought fit by the princes to justify Jeremiah in what he had done?
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִיכָה֙ | mikhayah | Micah | H4318 → | |
| הַמּ֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔י | hamorashti | the Morasthite | H4183 → | |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נִבָּ֔א | niba' | prophesying | H5012 → | 115 times |
| בִּימֵ֖י | bimei | in [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַם֩ | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְהוּדָ֨ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לֵאמֹ֜ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר׀ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֗וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| צִיּ֞וֹן | tziyon | Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| שָׂדֶ֤ה | sadeh | a field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙ | techaresh | it will be plowed | H2790 → | 74 times |
| וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙ | virushalayim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| עִיִּ֣ים | ʾiyim | heaps of ruins | H5856 → | |
| תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וְהַ֥ר | vehar | and [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לְבָמ֥וֹת | levamot | <into> high places of | H1116 → | 102 times |
| יָֽעַר׃ | yaar | a forest | H3293 → | 59 times |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 1:1This 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:
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…
- Isaiah 1:1
Through
Jeremiah 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.
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.
- Jeremiah 15:13
Through
Micah 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.
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…
- Psalms 79:1
Through
Zechariah 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…
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…
- John 1:14
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
5 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonDivided kingdomHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifte…
- PersonDivided kingdom (Jotham-Hezekiah, c. 735-700 BC)MicahProphet of Moresheth (Micah 1:1), Isaiah's country contemporary; named the Bethlehem birthplace of the Ruler whose goings forth ar…
- PlaceJerusalemZionThe eastern ridge David took from the Jebusites and made his stronghold, the name the Psalms and the prophets give the city the LO…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
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; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.