Micah 1:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?”
Micah 1:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Micah 1:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Micah 1:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem?”
Micah 1:5 — World English Bible
Micah 1:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? ”
Micah 1:5 — American Standard Version
Micah 1:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For the transgression of Jacob <FI>is<Fi> all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What <FI>is<Fi> the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?”
Micah 1:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Micah 1:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. Whence is the transgression of Jacob? is it not [from] Samaria? And whence are the high places of Judah? are they not [from] Jerusalem? ”
Micah 1:5 — Darby Translation
Micah 1:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the wickednes of Iaakob is all this, and for the sinnes of the house of Israel: what is the wickednes of Iaakob? Is not Samaria? and which are the hie places of Iudah? Is not Ierusalem?”
Micah 1:5 — Geneva Bible
Micah 1:5 in Context — Micah 1
3 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
6 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.
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.
What Does Micah 1:5 Mean?
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