Micah 1:5
For 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?
Context
This verse from Micah Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Micah opens with a theophanic vision of the Lord coming down to judge: he will melt the mountains and split valleys. Both Samaria and Jerusalem are condemned. A mourning procession named by wordplay on city names — Weep-town, Shame-town — …
Other Translations
For 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?
For the transgression of Jacob <FI>is<Fi> all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What <FI>is<Fi> the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
All this is because of the wrongdoing of Jacob and the sins of the children of Israel. What is the wrongdoing of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Cross References
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it …
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened …
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of …
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the …
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and …
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have …
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because …
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an …