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Micah 1:2–4

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Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
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From verse 2

  1. Isaiah 1:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Psalms 11:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

  3. Habakkuk 2:20Rank 3 from verse 2
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    20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  4. Jeremiah 22:29Rank 4 from verse 2
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

  5. Jonah 2:7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

  6. Malachi 3:5Rank 6 from verse 2
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  7. Mark 7:14–15Rank 7 from verse 2
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    14¶ And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

    15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

  8. Micah 6:1–2Rank 8 from verse 2
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    1HEAR ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  9. Psalms 49:1–2Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

    2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

  10. Psalms 50:7Rank 10 from verse 2
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    7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

  11. Revelation 2:7Rank 11 from verse 2
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    7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  12. Revelation 3:13Rank 12 from verse 2
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    13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  13. Revelation 3:22Rank 13 from verse 2
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    22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  14. Deuteronomy 32:1Rank 14 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  15. Jeremiah 29:23Rank 15 from verse 2
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    23Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

  16. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 16 from verse 2
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    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  17. Malachi 2:14Rank 17 from verse 2
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    14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  18. Psalms 24:1Rank 18 from verse 2
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    1THE earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  19. Psalms 28:2Rank 19 from verse 2
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    2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  20. Psalms 50:1Rank 20 from verse 2
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    1THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

  21. Psalms 50:12Rank 21 from verse 2
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    12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  22. Revelation 2:11Rank 22 from verse 2
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    11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

  23. Revelation 2:17Rank 23 from verse 2
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    17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

  24. Revelation 2:29Rank 24 from verse 2
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    29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  25. Revelation 3:6Rank 25 from verse 2
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    6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

From verse 3

  1. Amos 4:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.

  2. Isaiah 26:21Rank 2 from verse 3
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    21For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  3. Deuteronomy 32:13Rank 3 from verse 3
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    13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  4. Habakkuk 3:19Rank 4 from verse 3
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    19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

  5. Psalms 115:3Rank 5 from verse 3
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    3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

  6. Deuteronomy 33:29Rank 6 from verse 3
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    29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

  7. Ezekiel 3:12Rank 7 from verse 3
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    12Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

  8. Hosea 5:14–15Rank 8 from verse 3
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    14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

    15¶ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

  9. Isaiah 2:10–19Rank 9 from verse 3
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    10¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.

    11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

    13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

    14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

    15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

    17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

    18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

    19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

  10. Isaiah 25:10Rank 10 from verse 3
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    10For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

  11. Isaiah 64:1–2Rank 11 from verse 3
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    1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

    2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

  12. Job 40:12Rank 12 from verse 3
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    12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

  13. Isaiah 63:3–4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

    4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

From verse 4

  1. Nahum 1:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

  2. Psalms 97:5Rank 2 from verse 4
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    5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

  3. Amos 9:5Rank 3 from verse 4
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    5And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  4. Habakkuk 3:10Rank 4 from verse 4
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    10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

  5. Habakkuk 3:6Rank 5 from verse 4
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    6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

  6. Isaiah 64:1–3Rank 6 from verse 4
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    1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

    2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

    3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

  7. Judges 5:4Rank 7 from verse 4
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    4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

  8. Psalms 68:2Rank 8 from verse 4
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    2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  9. Revelation 20:11Rank 9 from verse 4
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    11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

  10. Zechariah 14:4Rank 10 from verse 4
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    4¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

  11. 2 Peter 3:10–12Rank 11 from verse 4
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    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

    11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

    12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Micah 1:2

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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GOD

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The divine name of the living God, used chiefly in the title Lord GOD.

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witness

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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

temple

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Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 1:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 1:4

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

molten

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Sense 1: Melted or made liquid by heat. Sense 2: Cast or formed from melted material.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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valleys

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Plural form of valley (low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cleft

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1. A split or division. 2. Split or divided apart.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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steep

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Sense 1: Sharply sloping or precipitous. Sense 2: As a noun, a steep place or descent.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:1THE word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

1:2Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

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1:3For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

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1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

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1:5For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

1:6Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

1:7And 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.

1:8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

1:9For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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