Jeremiah
Jeremiah 26:18
18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
‘Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’b
Footnotes
- b 26:18 Micah 3:12|MIC 3:12
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah | מִיכָיָה | mī·ḵå̄·yå̄h | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4320 Micajah |
| the Moreshite | הַמּ֣וֹרַשְׁתִּ֔י | ham·mō·w·raš·tî | Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4183 Morashtite |
| prophesied | נִבָּ֔א | nib·bā | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H5012 prophesy |
| in the days | בִּימֵ֖י | bî·mê | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct | H3117 day |
| of Hezekiah | חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ | ḥiz·qî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H2396 Chizkijah |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֑ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and told | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the people | עַם֩ | ‘am | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5971 people |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֨ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| that this is what | כֹּֽה־ | kōh- | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֗וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
| says | לֵאמֹ֜ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Zion | צִיּ֞וֹן | ṣî·yō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
| will be plowed | תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙ | ṯê·ḥā·rêš | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise |
| like a field | שָׂדֶ֤ה | śā·ḏeh | Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| Jerusalem | וִירוּשָׁלַ֙יִם֙ | wî·rū·šā·la·yim | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| will become | תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | tih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a heap of rubble | עִיִּ֣ים | ‘î·yîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5856 ruin, heap of ruins |
| and the temple | הַבַּ֖יִת | hab·ba·yiṯ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| mount | וְהַ֥ר | wə·har | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| a wooded | יָֽעַר׃ | yā·‘ar | Noun - masculine singular | H3293 wood, forest, thicket |
| ridge | לְבָמ֥וֹת | lə·ḇā·mō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct | H1116 high place |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zechariah 8:3 · Nehemiah 4:2 · Micah 1:1 · Jeremiah 17:3 · Micah 3:12–4:1 · Psalm 79:1 · Isaiah 2:2–3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.