Focused Passage

Micah 1:6-9

The LORD Rises to Judge Samaria and Jerusalem

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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.

7 All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

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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Verse 6

Original words

Therefore I will make וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י H7760 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Samaria שֹׁמְר֛וֹן H8111 Noun - proper - feminine singular a heap of rubble לְעִ֥י H5856 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct in the open field הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה H7704 Article | Noun - masculine singular a planting area לְמַטָּ֣עֵי H4302 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct for a vineyard כָ֑רֶם H3754 Noun - masculine singular I will pour וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י H5064 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular her stones אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ H68 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular into the valley לַגַּי֙ H1516 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular and expose אֲגַלֶּֽה׃ H1540 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular her foundations וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ H3247 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 7

Original words

All וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct her carved images פְּסִילֶ֣יהָ H6456 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular will be smashed to pieces יֻכַּ֗תּוּ H3807 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct her wages אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ H868 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular will be burned יִשָּׂרְפ֣וּ H8313 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural in the fire בָאֵ֔שׁ H784 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular and I will destroy אָשִׂ֣ים H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular . . . שְׁמָמָ֑ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct her idols עֲצַבֶּ֖יהָ H6091 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Since כִּ֠י H3588 Conjunction she collected קִבָּ֔צָה H6908 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular . . . וְעַד־ H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the wages מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן H868 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of a prostitute זוֹנָה֙ H2181 Noun - feminine singular they אֶתְנַ֥ן H868 Noun - masculine singular construct will be used again יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ H7725 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural on a prostitute זוֹנָ֖ה H2181 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Because of עַל־ H5921 Preposition this זֹאת֙ H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular I will lament אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה H5594 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular and wail וְאֵילִ֔ילָה H3213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular I will walk אֵילְכָ֥ה H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular barefoot שֵׁילָל H7758 Adjective - masculine singular and naked וְעָר֑וֹם H6174 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular I will howl אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular . . . מִסְפֵּד֙ H4553 Noun - masculine singular like a jackal כַּתַּנִּ֔ים H8577 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common plural and mourn וְאֵ֖בֶל H60 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular like כִּבְנ֥וֹת H1323 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct an ostrich יַעֲנָֽה׃ H3284 Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or a serpent or a dragon
  • Literally like daughters of an ostrich or like daughters of an owl
Verse 9

Original words

For כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction her wound מַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָ H4347 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular is incurable אֲנוּשָׁ֖ה H605 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular - כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction it has reached בָ֙אָה֙ H935 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular . . . עַד־ H5704 Preposition even Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular it has approached נָגַ֛ע H5060 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the gate שַׁ֥עַר H8179 Noun - masculine singular construct of my people עַמִּ֖י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular . . . עַד־ H5704 Preposition as far as עַד־ H5704 Preposition Jerusalem itself יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular

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