Micah 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 1:6

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.

BSB

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ASV

Therefore 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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard,.... As a field ploughed, and laid in heaps; see Mic 3:12; or as stones gathered out of a field, and out of a vineyard planted, and laid in a heap; so should this city become a heap of stones and rubbish, being utterly demolished; and this being done according to the will of God, and through his instigation of Shalmaneser king of Assyria to it, and by his providence succeeding his army that besieged it, is said to be done by him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

As an heap - As a heap of ruins. Of a vineyard - In planting vineyards, they dig up the earth, and cast it up in hillocks; so shall they make this city. Into the valley - The city was built on a high hill, and a deep valley beneath it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Vineyards were cultivated on the sides of hills exposed to the sun. The hill on which Samaria was built by Omri, had been, doubtless, planted with vines originally; now it is to be reduced again to its original state (1Ki 16:24). pour down--dash down the stones of the city into the valley beneath.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י	ve.sam.Ti	and I will make	H7760 →
שֹׁמְר֛וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
לְעִ֥י	le.'I	into [the] heap of ruins of	H5856 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
לְמַטָּ֣עֵי	le.ma.Ta.'ei	into a planting place of	H4302 →
כָ֑רֶם	Kha.rem	a vineyard	H3754 →
וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י	ve.hi.gar.Ti	and I will pour down	H5064 →
לַגַּי֙	la.Gai	to the valley	H1516 →
אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ	'a.va.Nei.ha	stones its	H68 →
וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ	vi.so.Dei.ha	and foundations its	H3247 →
אֲגַלֶּֽה׃	'a.ga.Leh	I will uncover	H1540 →

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Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
leads to
- Jeremiah 26:18
  “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…
- Matthew 24:2
  “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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…
Through
2 Kings 19:25
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
leads to
- Isaiah 45:7
  I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Through
Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
leads to
- Ezekiel 7:19–22
  They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their…
- Lamentations 2:19
  Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives…
Through
Ezekiel 13:14
I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will…
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:15
  Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and…

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