King James Version
Micah 1:3 in the King James Version says “For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.” — study this verse from Micah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.”
Micah 1:3 · KJV
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. all ye: Heb. ye people, all of them all that: Heb. the fulness thereof
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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. a steep: Heb. a descent
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For behold the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“cometh forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“out of his place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“and will come down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“and tread”
H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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