Micah 1:9 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 1:9

For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

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ASV

For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

KJV

For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For her - Samaria’s Wound - o, (literally, her wounds, or strokes, (the word is used especially of those inflicted by God, (Lev 26:21; Num 11:33; Deu 28:59, Deu 28:61, etc.) each, one by one,) is incurable The idiom is used of inflictions on the body politic (Nahum 3 ult.; Jer 30:12, Jer 30:15) or the mind , for which there is no remedy. The wounds were very sick, or incurable, not in themselves or on God’s part, but on Israel’s.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Her wound - The wounds of Samaria, her own sins, and God's just displeasure. It is come - The contagion of her sins, and the indignation of God against it, have reached to Judah also, yea, to Jerusalem.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֲנוּשָׁ֖ה	'a.nu.Shah	[is] incurable	H605 →
מַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָ	ma.ko.Tei.ha	wounds its	H4347 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
בָ֙אָה֙	va.'ah	it has come	H935 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
נָגַ֛ע	na.Ga'	it has reached	H5060 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
שַׁ֥עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
עַמִּ֖י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →

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H8179shaar[the] gate of374×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
leads to
- Jeremiah 30:15
  Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
- Job 34:6
  Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- Job 6:15–20
  But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
- Jeremiah 30:12
  For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
- Psalms 13:1–3
  How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Through
Micah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:19
  Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of…
- Amos 3:6
  If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Job 30:26
  But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Micah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Micah