Micah 6:16

Conservative English Version

Jerusalem, this will happen because you followed the sinful example of kings Omri and Ahab. Now I will destroy you and your property. Then the people of every nation will make fun and insult you.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:4

(SEE 18:3)

1 Kings 9:8

This temple will become a pile of rocks! Everyone who walks by will be shocked, and they will ask, "Why did the LORD do such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?"

2 Kings 16:3

and was even more sinful than the kings of Israel. He sacrificed his own son, which was a disgusting custom of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the local shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up a sacred pole for worshiping the goddess Asherah, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he faithfully worshiped the stars in heaven.

2 Chronicles 22:4

In fact, after his father's death, Ahaziah sinned against the LORD by appointing some of Ahab's relatives to be his advisors. Their advice led to his downfall.

2 Chronicles 34:25

The people of Judah and Israel have rejected me. They have offered sacrifices to foreign gods and have worshiped their own idols. I can't stand it any longer. I am furious.

Psalm 1:1

God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God.

Psalm 44:13

You made us look foolish to our neighbors, and people who live nearby insult us and sneer.

Psalm 44:14

Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.

Isaiah 25:8

The LORD All-Powerful will destroy the power of death and wipe away all tears. No longer will his people be insulted everywhere. The LORD has spoken!

Isaiah 9:16

They had led the nation down the wrong path, and the people were confused.

Jeremiah 19:8

I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passerby will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.

Jeremiah 25:18

I started with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and the king and his officials were removed from power in disgrace. Everyone still makes insulting jokes about them and uses their names as curse words.

Jeremiah 25:9

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins forever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

Jeremiah 29:18

(SEE 29:16)

Jeremiah 51:51

You feel ashamed and disgraced, because foreigners have entered my sacred temple.

Jeremiah 7:24

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one way, they always went the other.

Lamentations 5:1

Our LORD, don't forget how we have suffered and been disgraced.

Ezekiel 39:26

They will live safely in their own land, but will be ashamed when they remember their evil ways and how they disgraced me.

Daniel 9:16

In the past, you treated us with such kindness, that we now beg you to stop being so terribly angry with Jerusalem. After all, it is your chosen city built on your holy mountain, even though it has suffered public disgrace because of our sins and those of our ancestors.

Hosea 12:14

Israel, I will make you pay for your terrible sins and for insulting me.

Hosea 5:11

Israel was brutally crushed. They got what they deserved for worshiping useless idols.

Micah 2:6

"Enough of your preaching!" That's what you tell me. "We won't be disgraced, so stop preaching!"

Micah 6:13

Because of your sins, I will wound you and leave you ruined and defenseless.

Revelation 2:20

But I still have something against you because of that woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophet, and you let her teach and mislead my servants to do immoral things and to eat food offered to idols.