Micah 1:6

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"So I will make Shomron a heap in the countryside, a place for planting vineyards; I will pour her stones down into the valley, laying bare her foundations.

Berean Standard Bible:

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

American Standard Version:

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Therefore I will make{H7760} Samaria{H8111} as an heap{H5856} of the field{H7704}, and as plantings{H4302} of a vineyard{H3754}: and I will pour down{H5064} the stones{H68} thereof into the valley{H1516}, and I will discover{H1540} the foundations{H3247} thereof.

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezekiel 13:14

  • So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [morter], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

Micah 3:12

  • Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

Lamentations 4:1

  • ¶ How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

2 Kings 19:25

  • Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.

Hosea 13:16

  • Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Jeremiah 9:11

  • And I will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Isaiah 25:12

  • And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust.

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Commentary for Micah 1:6

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  2. Strong's Number: H8111
    There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֹׁמְרוֹן
    Transliteration: Shômᵉrôwn
    Pronunciation: sho-mer-one'
    Description: from the active participle of שָׁמַר; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine; Samaria.
  3. Strong's Number: H5856
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עִי
    Transliteration: ʻîy
    Pronunciation: ee
    Description: from עָוָה; a ruin (as if overturned); heap.
  4. Strong's Number: H7704
    There are 309 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׂדֶה
    Transliteration: sâdeh
    Pronunciation: saw-deh'
    Description: or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
  5. Strong's Number: H4302
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַטָּע
    Transliteration: maṭṭâʻ
    Pronunciation: mat-taw'
    Description: from נָטַע; something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, planting; plant(-ation, -ing).
  6. Strong's Number: H3754
    There are 82 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כֶּרֶם
    Transliteration: kerem
    Pronunciation: keh'-rem
    Description: from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard; vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם.
  7. Strong's Number: H5064
    There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָגַר
    Transliteration: nâgar
    Pronunciation: naw-gar'
    Description: a primitive root; to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over; fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.
  8. Strong's Number: H68
    There are 1276 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶבֶן
    Transliteration: ʼeben
    Pronunciation: eh'-ben
    Description: from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
  9. Strong's Number: H1516
    There are 54 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גַּיְא
    Transliteration: gayʼ
    Pronunciation: gah'-ee
    Description: or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as גֵּוָה (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent); valley.
  10. Strong's Number: H1540
    There are 168 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּלָה
    Transliteration: gâlâh
    Pronunciation: gaw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
  11. Strong's Number: H3247
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְסוֹד
    Transliteration: yᵉçôwd
    Pronunciation: yes-ode'
    Description: from יָסַד; a foundation (literally or figuratively); bottom, foundation, repairing