Micah 1:7

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
images	פְּסִילֶ֣יהָ pe.si.Lei.ha	H6456	an idol · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
pieces	יֻכַּ֗תּוּ yu.Ka.tu	H3807	to bruise or violently strike · verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
hires	אֶתְנַנֶּ֙יהָ֙ 'et.na.Nei.ha	H868	a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
burned	יִשָּׂרְפ֣וּ yi.sa.re.Fu	H8313	to be (causatively · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
fire	בָאֵ֔שׁ va.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
idols	עֲצַבֶּ֖יהָ 'a.tza.Bei.ha	H6091	an (idolatrous) image · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
lay	אָשִׂ֣ים 'a.Sim	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
desolate	שְׁמָמָ֑ה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
gathered	קִבָּ֔צָה ki.Ba.tzah	H6908	to grasp · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
hire	מֵאֶתְנַ֤ן me.'et.Nan	H868	a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
harlot	זוֹנָה֙ zo.Nah	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
return	יָשֽׁוּבוּ ya.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
hire	אֶתְנַ֥ן 'et.Nan	H868	a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry) · noun, common masculine singular construct
harlot	זוֹנָ֖ה zo.Nah	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abo…
Hosea 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make th…
Hosea 8:6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hosea 10:5-6 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereo…
Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and…
Leviticus 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abh…
Deuteronomy 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as smal…
2 Kings 23:14-15 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:1-7

Here is, I. A general account of this prophet and his prophecy, Mic 1:1. This is prefixed for the satisfaction of all that read and hear the prophecy of this book, who will give the more credit to it when they know the author and his authority. 1. The prophecy is the word of the Lord; it is a divine revelation. Note, What is written in the Bible, and what is preached by the ministers of Christ according to what is written there, must be heard and received, not as the word of dying men, which we may be judges of, but as the word of the living God, which we must be judged by, for so it is. This word of the Lord came to the prophet, came plainly, came powerfully, came in a preventing way, and h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:7

all the hires--the wealth which Israel boasted of receiving from her idols as the "rewards" or "hire" for worshipping them (Hos 2:5, Hos 2:12). idols . . . will I . . . desolate--that is, give them up to the foe to strip off the silver and gold with which they are overlaid. she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot--Israel gathered (made for herself) her idols from the gold and silver received from false gods, as she thought, the "hire" of her worshipping them; and they shall again become what they had been before, the hire of spiritual harlotry, that is, the prosperity of the foe, who also being worshippers of idols will ascribe the acquisi…

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Adam Clarke on Micah 1:7

All the hires thereof shall be burned - Multitudes of women gave the money they gained by their public prostitution at the temples for the support of the priesthood, the ornamenting of the walls, altars, and images. So that these things, and perhaps several of the images themselves, were literally the hire of the harlots: and God threatens here to deliver all into the hands of enemies who should seize on this wealth, and literally spend it in the same way in which it was acquired; so that "to the hire of a harlot these things should return."

Dictionary and topics

Idolatry · .Licentiousness of — .Licentiousness of
Samaria, Ancient · People of characterised as: Idolatrous — People of characterised as: Idolatrous

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 1:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:7

Adam Clarke on Micah 1:7

Dictionary and topics

Micah 1:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 1:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 1:7

Adam Clarke on Micah 1:7

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Micah 1:7

John Calvin on Micah 1:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Micah 1:5-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Micah 1:6-7

Rashi on Micah 1:7