The Meaning of Micah 1:6 Explained

Micah 1:6

KJV: 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.

YLT: And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.

Darby: Therefore will I make Samaria as a heap of the field, as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will lay bare the foundations thereof.

ASV: Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Micah 1:6?

MEANING: What does Micah 1:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Micah 1:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Micah 1:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Micah 1:6 Mean?

Study Notes

Therefore
In Micah 1:6-16 the Assyrian invasion is described. Cf. 2 Kings 17:1-18 . This is the local circumstance which gives rise to the prophecy of the greater invasion in the last days. Micah 4:9-13 and of the Lord's deliverance at Armageddon.; Revelation 16:14 ; Revelation 19:17 .

Verse Meaning

Israel"s capital, Samaria, stood atop a mountain, but Yahweh said He would make it a pile of ruins in a field. That Isaiah , He would both destroy and humiliate it. It would become a rural rather than an urban place, suitable for planting vineyards. He would topple the stones of its buildings into the valley below and expose their foundations by destroying their superstructures. The fulfillment came with the Assyrian overthrow of Samaria in722 B.C. Even today the foundations of Samaria"s buildings lie exposed.

Context Summary

Micah 1:1-16 - God's Witness Against His Chosen
Micah was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea. Jeremiah quotes from him. Compare Micah 3:12 and Jeremiah 26:18.
In Micah 1:1-4 the prophet summons the nations to behold the just punishment which Jehovah would mete out to His faithless people. Micah 1:5-6 portray the desolation of Samaria. Destruction would settle on the homes and fields of men, and the prospect of this so affected the prophet that he divested himself of outer garment and sandals, that his disheveled condition might depict the calamities that he announced. Micah 1:10-16 make clear that Judah also would suffer similar chastisements. Aphrah and Shaphir would be hurried into captivity. So universal would be the calamity that Zaanan would not come to bewail with the neighboring city of Bethezel.
The prophets were true patriots and they felt that all good citizens should lament with them, Micah 1:16, in the hope of averting impending judgments. Are we feeling the sins and sorrows of our time, as Jesus felt those of Jerusalem, when He wept over the city? [source]

Chapter Summary: Micah 1

1  The time when Micah prophesied
2  He shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry
10  He exhorts to mourning

What do the individual words in Micah 1:6 mean?

therefore I will make Samaria a heap of [ruins] in the field [Places] for planting a vineyard And I will pour down into the valley her stones and her foundations I will uncover
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י שֹׁמְר֛וֹן לְעִ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְמַטָּ֣עֵי כָ֑רֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י לַגַּי֙ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ אֲגַלֶּֽה

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י  therefore  I  will  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
שֹׁמְר֛וֹן  Samaria 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שֹׁמְרֹון  
Sense: the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 0 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam.
לְעִ֥י  a  heap  of  [ruins]  in 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עִי  
Sense: ruin, heap of ruins.
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
לְמַטָּ֣עֵי  [Places]  for  planting 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מַטָּע  
Sense: place or act of planting, planting, plantation.
כָ֑רֶם  a  vineyard 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י  And  I  will  pour  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָגַר 
Sense: to pour, run, flow, pour down.
לַגַּי֙  into  the  valley 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: גַּיְא  
Sense: valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge.
אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ  her  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ  and  her  foundations 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יְסׄוד  
Sense: foundation, base.
אֲגַלֶּֽה  I  will  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.

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