Micah 1:9

What does Micah 1:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Micah 1:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For mortal <FI>are<Fi> her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people--to Jerusalem.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.8For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

v.9This passage

v.10Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

  • Isaiah 8:7

    now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

  • 2 Kings 18:9

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

  • Isaiah 10:28

    He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;

  • 2 Chronicles 32:1

    After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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