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Micah 1:5

All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

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ASV

For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

KJV

For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּפֶ֤שַׁעbe.Fe.sha'[is] for [the] transgression ofH6588 →
יַֽעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063 →
וּבְחַטֹּ֖אותu.ve.cha.Totand for [the] sins ofH2403 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מִֽי־mi-who?H4310 →
פֶ֣שַׁעFe.sha'[is] [the] transgression ofH6588 →
יַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
הֲלוֹא֙ha.lO'¿ notH3808 →
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.Ron[is it] SamariaH8111 →
וּמִי֙u.Miand who?H4310 →
בָּמ֣וֹתba.Mot[are] [the] high places ofH1116 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
הֲל֖וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.Lim[is it] JerusalemH3389 →

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Amos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.1 Thessalonians 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,2 Chronicles 28:23–25Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.Isaiah 59:1–15Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.2 Chronicles 28:2–4Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.2 Kings 17:7–23All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other godsJeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!1 Kings 13:32for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”Jeremiah 4:18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”Isaiah 50:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Hosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.2 Chronicles 36:14–16Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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