Micah 2:10 “Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defi…”

Micah 2:10

Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

World English Bible

Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

American Standard Version

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.

Geneva Bible 1599

Arise and depart, for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, euen with a sore destruction.

Darby Translation

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.

Young's Literal Translation

Rise and go, for this [is] not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.

Bible in Basic English

Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.

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Cross references

“and”

2 Kings 17:6 Deuteronomy 30:18 1 Kings 9:7 2 Kings 15:29 2 Chronicles 7:20 Deuteronomy 4:26

2 Kings 17:6 · BSB

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Deuteronomy 30:18 · BSB

I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

“for”

Deuteronomy 12:9 Hebrews 4:1–9 Psalm 95:11

Deuteronomy 12:9 · BSB

For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Hebrews 4:1–9 · BSB

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.

Psalm 95:11 · BSB

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

“because”

Psalm 106:38 Leviticus 20:22–26 Leviticus 18:24–28 Jeremiah 3:2

Psalm 106:38 · BSB

They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

Leviticus 20:22–26 · BSB

You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

Leviticus 18:24–28 · BSB

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

“it shall”

Jeremiah 9:19 Ezekiel 36:12–14 Jeremiah 10:18

Jeremiah 9:19 · BSB

For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

Ezekiel 36:12–14 · BSB

Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.

Jeremiah 10:18 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.

11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

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