1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
`Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.
Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;
A son of twenty and five years `is' Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Jerushah daughter of Zadok. And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly. He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly; and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers. And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third. And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God. And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem; and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.
Therefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel. Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel.
And the head of Ephraim `is' Samaria, And the head of Samaria `is' the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'
Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk, And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem. Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals. Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name. And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods.
Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried. And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
And forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!
And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them. With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month `with' their portions. Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin. Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing. Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath. Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command. And I `am' as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah. And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar. For I `am' as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.
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Commentary on Micah 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The Prophecy of Micah
Chapter 1
In this chapter we have,
These prophecies of Micah might well be called his lamentations.
Mic 1:1-7
Here is,
Mic 1:8-16
We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.