Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsArise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
Rise and go, for this is not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.
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