Micah 1:6
Context| NETBible | “I will turn Samaria 1 into a heap of ruins in an open field – vineyards will be planted there! 2 I will tumble 3 the rubble of her stone walls 4 down into the valley, and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. 5 |
| XREF | 2Ki 19:25; Isa 25:2,12; Jer 9:11; Jer 51:25; Jer 51:37; La 4:1; Eze 13:14; Ho 13:16; Mic 3:12; Hab 3:13; Mt 24:2 |
| NET © Notes |
1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. 2 tn Heb “into a planting place for vineyards.” 3 tn Heb “pour” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, NRSV “pour down”; NAB “throw down”; NLT “roll.” 4 tn Heb “her stones.” The term stones is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry. 5 tn Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls. |
