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Micah 1:1

The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahaz;   Idolatry;   Jerusalem;   Micah;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Micah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jotham;   Micah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Samaria;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Inspiration;   Interpretation;   Jotham;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Micah;   Micah, book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Micah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Micah, Book of;   Micha;   Morasthite;   Moresheth, Moresheth-Gath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Morashtite;   Moresheth-Gath;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah, King of Judah;   Jotham ;   Micah ;   Morasthite ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mor'asthite, the,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bush, the Burning;   Micah (2);   Morashtite;   Moresheth-Gath;   Names, Proper;   Revelation;   See;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Micah;   Paradise;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshite—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD that came to Mikhah the Morashti in the days of Yotam, Achaz, and Hizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah, which he saw concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim.
King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the dayes of Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah, which hee saw concerning Samaria and Ierusalem.
King James Version
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and which he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.
New Century Version
During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the word of the Lord came to Micah, who was from Moresheth. He saw these visions about Samaria and Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw [through divine revelation] concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The word of the Lorde, that came vnto Micah the Morashite in the dayes of Iotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah, which he sawe concerning Samaria, and Ierusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he beheld concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah-what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
Contemporary English Version
I am Micah from Moresheth. And this is the message about Samaria and Jerusalem that the Lord gave to me when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is the word of Adonai that came to Mikhah the Morashti during the days of Yotam, Achaz and Y'chizkiyah, kings of Y'hudah, which he saw concerning Shomron and Yerushalayim:
Darby Translation
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the word of the Lord came to Micah. Micah was from Moresheth. He saw these visions about Samaria and Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
During the time that Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, the Lord gave this message to Micah, who was from the town of Moresheth. The Lord revealed to Micah all these things about Samaria and Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, that he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
Literal Translation
The Word of Jehovah that was to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw on Samaria and Jerusalem:
American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite, in the dayes of Iotham, Ahas, & Hezekiah, kinges of Iuda, which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word of the Lord, which was maad to `Mychee of Morasti, in the daies of Joathan, Achas, Ezechie, kyngis of Juda; which word he sai on Samarie, and Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
New English Translation
This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to Samaria and Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
The Lord gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
This is the Word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth about Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The word of Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, - of which he had vision concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
The word of the Lord, that came to Micheas, the Morasthite, in the days of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Mo'resheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Sama'ria and Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
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:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the worde of the LORDE, that came vnto Micheas the Morastite, in the dayes of Ioathan, Achas and Ezechias kiges of Iuda: which was shewed him vpon Samaria and Ierusalem.
THE MESSAGE
God 's Message as it came to Micah of Moresheth. It came during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. It had to do with what was going on in Samaria and Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple. 3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth. 4 The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place. 5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem? 6 "Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations. 7 All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, And all her pay as a harlot shall be burned with the fire; All her idols I will lay desolate, For she gathered it from the pay of a harlot, And they shall return to the pay of a harlot."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Micah: Micah 1:14, Micah 1:15, Jeremiah 26:18

Jotham: 2 Chronicles 27:1 - 2 Chronicles 32:33, Isaiah 1:1, Hosea 1:1

which: Amos 1:1, Habakkuk 1:1

concerning: Micah 1:5, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 5:5-14, Hosea 6:10, Hosea 6:11, Hosea 8:14, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 12:2, Amos 2:4-8, Amos 3:1, Amos 3:2, Amos 6:1

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:1 - Ahaz 2 Kings 16:20 - Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 28:1 - Ahaz 2 Chronicles 29:1 - Hezekiah Proverbs 25:1 - which Isaiah 2:1 - saw Isaiah 9:8 - sent a word Jeremiah 1:2 - the word Jeremiah 26:17 - Then rose Ezekiel 46:18 - thrust Luke 3:2 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:16
Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
Genesis 1:17
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Genesis 1:19
So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 1:30
Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite,.... So called, either from Mareshah, mentioned Micah 1:15; and was a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44; as the Targum, Jarchi, Kimchi, and Zacutus i; or rather from Moresheth, from which Moreshethgath, Micah 1:14; is distinguished; which Jerom k says was in his time a small village in the land of Palestine, near Eleutheropolis. Some think these two cities to be one and the same; but they appear to be different from the account of Jerom l elsewhere. The Arabic version reads it, Micah the son of Morathi; so Cyril, in his commentary on this place, mentions it as the sense of some, that Morathi was the father of the prophet; which can by no means be assented to:

in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah; by which it appears that he was contemporary with Isaiah, Hoses, and Amos, though they began to prophesy somewhat sooner than he, even in the days of Uzziah; very probably he conversed with these prophets, especially Isaiah, with whom he agrees in many things; his style is like his, and sometimes uses the same phrases: he, being of the tribe of Judah, only mentions the kings of that nation most known to him; though he prophesied against Israel, and in the days of Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, and Hoshea:

which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem; in the vision of prophecy; Samaria was the metropolis of the ten tribes of Israel, and is put for them all; as Jerusalem was of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and is put for them Samaria is mentioned first, because it was the head of the greatest body of people; and as it was the first in transgression, it was the first in punishment.

i Juchashin, fol. 12. 1. k Prolog. in Mic. l Epitaph. Paulae, ut supra. (tom. 1. operum, fol. 60. A. B.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord that came to Micah ... which he saw - No two of the prophets authenticate their prophecy in exactly the same way. They, one and all, have the same simple statement to make, that this which they say is from God, and through them. A later hand, had it added the titles, would have formed all upon one model. The title was an essential part of the prophetic book, as indicating to the people afterward, that it was not written after the event. It was a witness, not to the prophet whose name it bears, but to God. The prophet bare witness to God, that what he delivered came from Him. The event bare witness to the prophet, that he said this truly, in that he knew what God alone could know - futurity. Micah blends in one the facts, that he related in words given him by God, what he had seen spread before him in prophetic vision. His prophecy was, in one, “the word of the Lord which came to him,” and “a sight which he saw.”

Micah omits all mention of his father. His great predecessor was known as Micaiah son of Imlah. Micah, a villager, would be known only by the name of his native village. So Nahum names himself “the Elkoshite;” Jonah is related to be a native “of Gath-hepher;” Elijah, the Tishbite, a sojourner in the despised Gilead 1 Kings 17:1; Elisha, of Abelmeholah; Jeremiah, of Anathoth; forerunners of Him, and taught by His Spirit who willed to be born at Bethlehem, and, since this, although too little to be counted “among the thousands of Judah,” was yet a royal city and was to be the birthplace of the Christ, was known only as Jesus of Nazareth, “the Nazarene.” No prophet speaks of himself, or is spoken of, as born at Jerusalem, “the holy city.” They speak of themselves with titles of lowliness, not of greatness.

Micah dates his prophetic office from kings of Judah only, as the only kings of the line appointed by God. Kings of Israel are mentioned in addition, only by prophets of Israel. He names Samaria first, because, its iniquity being most nearly full, its punishment was the nearest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET MICAH

Chronological Notes relative to this Book

-Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3254.

-Year of the Julian Period, 3964.

-Year since the Flood, 1598.

-Year from the vocation of Abram, 1171.

-Year since the first celebration of the Olympic games in Elis by the Idaei Dactyli, 704.

-Year from the destruction of Troy, according to the general computation of chronologers, 434.

-Year since the commencement of the kingdom of Israel, by the Divine appointment of Saul to the regal dignity, 346.

-Year from the foundation of Solomon's temple, 262.

-Year since the division of Solomon's monarchy into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, 226.

-Year since the restoration of the Olympic games at Elis by Lycurgus, Iphitus, and Cleosthenes, 135.

-Year from the foundation of the kingdom of Macedon by Caranus, 65.

-Year from the foundation of the kingdom of Lydia by Ardysus, 49.

-All before this reign concerning Lydia is entirely fabulous.

-Year since the conquest of Coroebus at Olympia, usually called the first Olympiad, 27.

-Third year of the seventh Olympiad.

-Year before the building of Rome, according to the Varronian computation, 4.

-Year from the building of Rome, according to Cato and the Fasti Consulares, 3.

-Year from the building of Rome, according to Polybius the historian, 2.

-Year before the building of Rome, according to Fabius Pictor, 2.

-Year before the commencement of the era of Nabonassar, 2.

-Year before the birth of Christ, 746.

-Year before the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 750.

-Cycle of the Sun, 16.

-Cycle of the Moon, 12.

-Twenty-first year of Theopompus, king of Lacedaemon, of the family of the Proclidae.

-Twenty seventh year of Polydorus, king of Lacedaemon, of the family of the Eurysthenidae.

-Twelfth year of Alyattes, king of Lydia.

-Fifth year of Charops, the first decennial archon of the Athenians.

-Fourth year of Romulus, the first king of the Romans.

-Tenth year of Pekah, king of Israel.

-Ninth year of Jothan, king of Judah.

CHAPTER I

The prophet begins with calling the attention of all people to

the awful descent of Jehovah, coming to execute his judgments

against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, 1-5;

first against Samaria, whose fate the prophet laments on the

dress of mourners, and with the doleful cries of the fox or

ostrich, 6-8;

and then against Jerusalem, which is threatened with the

invasion of Sennacherib. Other cities of Judah are likewise

threatened; and their danger represented to be so great as to

oblige them to have recourse for protection even to their

enemies the Philistines, from whom they desired at first to

conceal their situation. But all resources are declared to be

vain; Israel and Judah must go into captivity, 9-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Micah 1:1. The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite — For all authentic particulars relative to this prophet, see the preface.

In the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah — These three kings reigned about threescore years; and Micah is supposed to have prophesied about forty or fifty years; but no more of his prophecies have reached posterity than what are contained in this book, nor is there any evidence that any more was written. His time appears to have been spent chiefly in preaching and exhorting; and he was directed to write those parts only that were calculated to profit succeeding generations.


 
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