Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
Micah 1:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Yehudah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Yerushalayim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [Samaria's] wounds are incurable and they come even to Judah; He [the Lord] has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem. 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. Common English Bible Indeed, Zion has been weakened by her wounds! It has come as far as Judah; he has struck as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version For her wound has been in despair. For it has come even to Judah. It has touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people even to Jerusalem. |
Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Chizkiyahu, that Sancheriv king of Ashur attacked all of the fortified cities of Yehudah, and captured them.
The king of Ashur sent Ravshakeh from Lakhish to Yerushalayim to king Chizkiyahu with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller's field highway.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Go up into Gil`ad, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
For the inhabitant of Marot waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Yerushalayim.
Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?