Micah 1:7

“And all her carved images will be smashed, and all her wages will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will make a desolation; for from the wages of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the wages of a prostitute they will return.””

Micah 1:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Micah 1:7, word by word

her carved imagesפְּסִילֶיpesile

carved image

Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.

Where else “pesile” appears
will be smashedיֻכַּתּוּyukatu

crush

To beat something to pieces.

Where else “yukatu” appears
her wagesאֶתְנַנֶּיetnane

wages of a prostitute

The pay of a prostitute; also a gift.

Where else “etnane” appears
will be burnedיִשָּׂרְפוּyisarfu

burn

Burn; bake in the fire.

Where else “yisarfu” appears
with fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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her idolsעֲצַבֶּיatsabe

idol

Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".

Where else “atsabe” appears
I will makeאָשִׂיםasim

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

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of a prostituteזוֹנָהzona

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

Where else “zona” appears
she gathered themקִבָּצָהkibatsa

collect

To gather things, like grain.

Where else “kibatsa” appears
they will returnיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “yashuvu” appears

Translation note

“Wages of a prostitute”: the Bible calls Israel’s idolatry prostitution; it can be understood that what Samaria gathered with it will end up in the hands of another idolatrous people.

The context

6“And I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, a place for planting a vineyard; and I will pour down into the valley her stones, and her foundations I will lay bare.

7 · This verse (above)

8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will go barefoot and naked; I will make a lament like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

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