Micah 1:7

All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”

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WEBBE

All her idols will be beaten to pieces, all her temple gifts will be burnt with fire, and I will destroy all her images; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return.”

BSB

All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

KJV

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.

ASV

And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

BBE

And all her pictured images will be hammered into bits, and all the payments for her loose ways will be burned with fire, and all the images of her gods I will make waste: for with the price of a loose woman she got them together, and as the price of a loose woman will they be given back.

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וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 פְּסִילֶיהָ pe·si·lei·ha images its H6456 יֻכַּתּוּ yu·ka·tu they will be crushed H3807 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 אֶתְנַנֶּיהָ 'et·na·nei·ha hire(s) its H868 יִשָּׂרְפוּ yi·sa·re·fu they will be burned H8313 בָאֵשׁ va·'esh with (the) fire H784 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 עֲצַבֶּיהָ 'a·tza·bei·ha idols its H6091 אָשִׂים 'a·sim I will make H7760 שְׁמָמָה she·ma·mah a waste H8077 כִּי ki for H3588 מֵאֶתְנַן me·'et·nan from [the] hire of H868 זוֹנָה zo·nah a prostitute H2181 קִבָּצָה ki·ba·tzah it gathered [them] H6908 וְעַד־ ve·'ad- and to H5704 אֶתְנַן 'et·nan [the] hire of H868 זוֹנָה zo·nah a prostitute H2181 יָשׁוּבוּ ya·shu·vu they will return H7725

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

The earth is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree, as the valleys, can secure themselves or the land from the judgments of God. If sin be found in God's people he will not spare them; and their sins are most provoking to him, for they are most reproaching. When we feel the smart of sin, it behoves us to seek what is the sin we smart for. Persons and places most exalted, are most exposed to spiritual diseases. The vices of leaders and rulers shall be surely and sorely punished. The punishment answers the sin. What they gave to idols, never shall prosper, nor do them any good. What is got by one lust, is wasted on another.

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Idolatry

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.