KJV King James Version
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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Micah 1:15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
WEB World English Bible
I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
ASV American Standard Version
I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Yet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel.
Surrounding context — Micah 1
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עֹ֗דH5750 · odstillהַיֹּרֵשׁ֙H3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessאָ֣בִיH935 · boto come (in): comeלָ֔ךְH9032 · khyouיוֹשֶׁ֖בֶתH3427 · ya.shavto dwellמָֽרֵשָׁ֑הH4762 · mar.e.shahMareshahעַד־H5704 · adtillעֲדֻּלָּ֥םH5725 · a.dul.lamAdullamיָב֖וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeכְּב֥וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Joshua 15:44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:1 Samuel 22:1David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard [it], they went down thither to him.Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,Isaiah 10:5-6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.2 Chronicles 11:7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why [then] doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?Joshua 12:15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;Isaiah 7:17-25The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
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