Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 26 connects to 10 cross-references. The temple sermon occasion described: Jeremiah is arrested for speaking of the temple's destruction. Certain elders defend him by citing Micah's similar prophecy under Hezekiah. Uriah a prophet is killed by Jehoiakim for similar words. Jeremiah is spared through Ahikam's …
Other Translations
Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
`Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.
Micah the Morashtite, who was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, said to all the people of Judah, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Zion will become like a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the woodland.
Cross References
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? …
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they …
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on …
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established …
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, …
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, …
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy …
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings …
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of …