Focused Passage

Micah 1:6-9

The LORD Rises to Judge Samaria and Jerusalem

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6Therefore 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.

7All 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.

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

9For 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 makeוְשַׂמְתִּ֥יH7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularSamariaשֹׁמְר֛וֹןH8111Noun - proper - feminine singulara heap of rubbleלְעִ֥יH5856Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructin the open fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הH7704Article | Noun - masculine singulara planting areaלְמַטָּ֣עֵיH4302Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural constructfor a vineyardכָ֑רֶםH3754Noun - masculine singularI will pourוְהִגַּרְתִּ֤יH5064Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularher stonesאֲבָנֶ֔יהָH68Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularinto the valleyלַגַּי֙H1516Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singularand exposeאֲגַלֶּֽה׃H1540Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singularher foundationsוִיסֹדֶ֖יהָH3247Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 7

Original words

Allוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructher carved imagesפְּסִילֶ֣יהָH6456Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularwill be smashed to piecesיֻכַּ֗תּוּH3807Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralallוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructher wagesאֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙H868Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularwill be burnedיִשָּׂרְפ֣וּH8313Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralin the fireבָאֵ֔שׁH784Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularand I will destroyאָשִׂ֣יםH7760Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular. . .שְׁמָמָ֑הH8077Noun - feminine singularallוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructher idolsעֲצַבֶּ֖יהָH6091Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularSinceכִּ֠יH3588Conjunctionshe collectedקִבָּ֔צָהH6908Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular. . .וְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe wagesמֵאֶתְנַ֤ןH868Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof a prostituteזוֹנָה֙H2181Noun - feminine singulartheyאֶתְנַ֥ןH868Noun - masculine singular constructwill be used againיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃H7725Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralon a prostituteזוֹנָ֖הH2181Noun - feminine singular
Verse 8

Original words

Because ofעַל־H5921Prepositionthisזֹאת֙H2063Pronoun - feminine singularI will lamentאֶסְפְּדָ֣הH5594Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularand wailוְאֵילִ֔ילָהH3213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularI will walkאֵילְכָ֥הH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularbarefootשֵׁילָלH7758Adjective - masculine singularand nakedוְעָר֑וֹםH6174Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singularI will howlאֶעֱשֶׂ֤הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular. . .מִסְפֵּד֙H4553Noun - masculine singularlike a jackalכַּתַּנִּ֔יםH8577Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common pluraland mournוְאֵ֖בֶלH60Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularlikeכִּבְנ֥וֹתH1323Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural constructan ostrichיַעֲנָֽה׃H3284Noun - 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

Forכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionher woundמַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָH4347Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularis incurableאֲנוּשָׁ֖הH605Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular-כִּי־H3588Conjunctionit has reachedבָ֙אָה֙H935Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular. . .עַד־H5704Prepositioneven Judahיְהוּדָ֔הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularit has approachedנָגַ֛עH5060Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe gateשַׁ֥עַרH8179Noun - masculine singular constructof my peopleעַמִּ֖יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular. . .עַד־H5704Prepositionas far asעַד־H5704PrepositionJerusalem itselfיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389Noun - proper - feminine singular

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