In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsA day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
The day to build thy walls! That day--removed is the limit.
In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.
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