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That dayיוֹם הוּאthey will comeיָבוֹאto youוְעָדֶיךָfromלְמִנִּיAssyriaאַשּׁוּרand the citiesוְעָרֵיof Egypt,מָצוֹרand fromוּלְמִנִּיEgyptמָצוֹרtoוְעַדthe River,נָהָרand seaוְיָםto sea,מִיָּםand mountainוְהַרto mountain.הָהָר
Micah 7:12
Study it in the app“That day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, and sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 7:12, word by word
- That dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- they will comeיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- and the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of Egyptמָצוֹרmatsor
fortress
A city with walls and defenses, that withstands attacks.
Where else “matsor” appears- Egyptמָצוֹרmatsor
Egypt
A poetic, infrequent name for Egypt (2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 19:6; Micah 7:12). The same word, as a common noun, means "siege" or "fortress."
Where else “matsor” appears- the Riverנָהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- and seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
Translation note
“Egypt”: here with its poetic name, Matsor. “The River” is the Euphrates.
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
11The day for building your walls! That day the boundary will be far removed.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the land will become a desolation because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their deeds.