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Micah 1:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Micah 1:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 So the Lord will leave Samaria
in ruins—
merely an empty field
where vineyards are planted.
He will scatter its stones
and destroy its foundations.
7 Samaria's idols will be smashed,
and the wages
of temple prostitutes[a]
will be destroyed by fire.
Silver and gold from those idols
will then be used by foreigners
as payment for prostitutes.
Judah Is Doomed
8 Because of this tragedy,[b]
I go barefoot and naked.
My crying and weeping
sound like howling wolves
or ostriches.
Footnotes
- 1.7 wages of temple prostitutes: At pagan temples, people had sex with prostitutes as a way of worshiping the idols, and the money earned in this way was used to support the pagan religion.
- 1.8 this tragedy: Either the destruction of Samaria (verses 6,7) or the coming destruction of Judah and Jerusalem.
Micah 1:6-8
New International Version
Micah 1:6-8
New International Version
6 “Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
a place for planting vineyards.(A)
I will pour her stones(B) into the valley
and lay bare her foundations.(C)
7 All her idols(D) will be broken to pieces;(E)
all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
I will destroy all her images.(F)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,(G)
as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”
Weeping and Mourning
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