Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
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4 additional translationsTherefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.
Therefore will I make Samaria as a heap of the field, as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will lay bare the foundations thereof.
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