Micah 1:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
זָנָה
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
שׂוּם
I will make
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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שׁוּב
they will return
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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שְׁמָמָה
a waste
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שְׁמָמָה
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
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שָׂרַף
they will be burned
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שָׂרַף
to be (causatively, set) on fire
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כָּתַת
they will be crushed
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כָּתַת
to bruise or violently strike
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קָבַץ
it gathered them
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קָבַץ
to grasp, i.e. collect
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עָצָב
idols/ its
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עָצָב
an (idolatrous) image
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פְּסִיל
images/ its
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פְּסִיל
an idol
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