Micah 1:14

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
give	תִּתְּנִ֣י ti.te.Ni	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
presents	שִׁלּוּחִ֔ים shi.lu.Chim	H7964	(only in plural) a dismissal · noun, common masculine plural absolute
Moresheth-gath	מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁת mo.Re.shet	H4182	Moresheth-Gath · proper noun, a place name
houses	בָּתֵּ֤י ba.Tei	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine plural construct
Achzib	אַכְזִיב֙ 'akh.Ziv	H392	Akzib · proper noun, a place name
lie	לְאַכְזָ֔ב le.'akh.Zav	H391	falsehood · preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
kings	לְמַלְכֵ֖י le.mal.Khei	H4428	a king · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 15:44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
2 Kings 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a prese…
Psalms 118:8-9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
2 Samuel 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with…
2 Kings 18:14-16 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me wi…
2 Chronicles 16:1-3 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might…
Psalms 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 146:3-4 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:8–end

We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom. I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic 1:8, Mic 1:9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a man distracted with grief. The prophets usually expressed their own grief for the public grievances, partly to mollify the predictions of them, and to make it appear that is was not out of ill-will that they denounced the judgments of God (so far were they from desiring the woeful day that they dreaded it more than any thing), partly to show how very dreadful and mournful the calamities would be, and to stir up in the people a holy fear of them, that by repentance they might turn away the wrath of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:14

shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath--that its inhabitants may send thee help. MAURER explains it, "thou shalt give a writing of renunciation to Moresheth-gath," that is, thou shalt renounce all claim to it, being compelled to yield it up to the foe. "Thou," that is, Judah. "Israel" in this verse is used for the kingdom of Judah, which was the chief representative of the whole nation of Israel. Moresheth-gath is so called because it had fallen for a time under the power of the neighboring Philistines of Gath. It was the native town of Micah (Mic 1:1). Achzib--meaning "lying." Achzib, as its name implies, shall prove a "lie to . . . Israel," that is, shall disappoint Israel's hopes of…

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Adam Clarke on Micah 1:14

Give presents to Moresheth-gath - Calmet says that Moresa or Morashti, and Achzib, were cities not far from Gath. It is possible that when Ahaz found himself pressed by Pekah, king of Israel, he might have sent to these places for succor, that by their assistance he might frustrate the hopes of the king of Israel; and this may be the meaning of "The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel." In these verses there are several instances of the paronomasia. See Mic 1:10, עפר aphar, dust, and עפרה aphrah, the name of the city. Mic 1:11. צאנן tsaanan, the city, and יצאה yatsah, to go out. Mic 1:13, לכיש lachish, the city, and רכש rechesh, the swift beast. Mic 1:14, אכזיב achzib, the…

Dictionary and topics

Achzib — Falsehood. (1.) A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:44); probably the same as Chezib of Gen. 38:5 = Ain Kezbeh. (2.) A Phoenician city (the Gr. Ecdippa), always retained in…
Moreshethgath — (possession of Gath), a place named by the prophet Micah. (Micah 1:14) The prophet was himself a native of a place called Moresheth.
Micah · 6. One of the minor prophets — 6. One of the minor prophets

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Micah 1:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:14

Adam Clarke on Micah 1:14

Dictionary and topics

Micah 1:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:14

Adam Clarke on Micah 1:14

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Micah 1:14

John Calvin on Micah 1:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Micah 1:13–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Micah 1:14

Rashi on Micah 1:14