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What is Jacob&#8217s transgression? Is it not Samaria? What is Judah&#8217s high place? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/nlt/micah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> And why is this happening? Because of the rebellion of Israel— yes, the sins of the whole nation. Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion? Samaria, its capital city! Where is the center of idolatry in Judah? In Jerusalem, its capital! <a href="/esv/micah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/kjv/micah/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/micah/1.htm">New King James Version</a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob 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? <a href="/nasb_/micah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> All this is due to the wrongdoing of Jacob And the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wrongdoing of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/nasb/micah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/nasb77/micah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/lsb/micah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/amp/micah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> All this is because of the rebellion and apostasy of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel (the Northern Kingdom). What is the rebellion and apostasy of Jacob? Is it not [the abandonment of God in order to worship the idols of] Samaria? What are the high places [of idolatry] in Judah (the Southern Kingdom)? Are they not Jerusalem [the capital and center of corruption]? <a href="/csb/micah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem? <a href="/hcsb/micah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> All this will happen because of Jacob&#8217s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn&#8217t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn&#8217t it Jerusalem? <a href="/asv/micah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/micah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> This will happen because of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. Samaria has led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerusalem have made Judah sin. <a href="/erv/micah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/micah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All this is because of Jacob's crime and Israel's sin. What is Jacob's crime? Isn't it Samaria? What is Judah's worship place? Isn't it Jerusalem? <a href="/gnt/micah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> All this will happen because the people of Israel have sinned and rebelled against God. Who is to blame for Israel's rebellion? Samaria, the capital city itself! Who is guilty of idolatry in Judah? Jerusalem itself! <a href="/isv/micah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> All this comes about due to the transgression of Jacob, and due to the sins of the house of Israel. What is Jacob's sin? It's Samaria, isn't it? And what's Judah's high place? It's Jerusalem, isn't it? <a href="/msb/micah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/net/micah/1.htm">NET Bible</a> All this is because of Jacob's rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! Where are Judah's pagan worship centers, you ask? They are right in Jerusalem! <a href="/nheb/micah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn't it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren't they Jerusalem? <a href="/wbt/micah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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? <a href="/web/micah/1.htm">World English Bible</a> “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren’t they Jerusalem? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/micah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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 the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/ylt/micah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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 the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/slt/micah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the transgression of Jacob all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel What the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Shomeron? And what the heights of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/micah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem ? <a href="/cpdv/micah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> All this is for the wickedness of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the loftiness of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/nabre/micah/1.htm">New American Bible</a> All this is for the crime of Jacob, for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the crime of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the sin of the house of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/nrsvce/micah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/micah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> All this will happen because of the wickedness of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the sin of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/hpbt/micah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> All these things are because of the evil of Yaqob and because of the sin of the house of Israel. What is the evil of Yaqob but Samaria, and what is the sin of Yehuda but Jerusalem?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/micah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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? <a href="/sep/micah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> All these calamities are for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda? is it not Jerusalem? <a href="/parallel/micah/1-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=47" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Judgment Against Israel</a> …4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope. 5<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this is</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: bə·p̄e·ša‘ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">for the transgression</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ū·ḇə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and the sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: p̄e·ša‘ (N-msc) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">is the transgression</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Is it not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Samaria?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: ū·mî (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">And what</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: bā·mō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">is the high place</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Is it not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem?</a> 6Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4-9</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. ... <a href="/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1-2</a> Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: / “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a> Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. <a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">Ezekiel 23:1-49</a> Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, / and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. ... <a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-5</a> I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. / Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them. <a href="/isaiah/10-10.htm">Isaiah 10:10-11</a> As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, / and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?” <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-8</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. / They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a> Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-39</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. / For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a> You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. <a href="/romans/9-31.htm">Romans 9:31-33</a> but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, / as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Romans 11:7-10</a> What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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?the transgression of Jacob.<a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a> For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, … <a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a> Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem… <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Isaiah 50:1,2</a> Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away… is it.<a href="/1_kings/13-32.htm">1 Kings 13:32</a> For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.<a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Hosea 7:1</a> When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.<a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Hosea 8:5,6</a> Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? … they.<a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3,4,10-12</a> But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel… <a href="/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">2 Chronicles 28:2-4,23-25</a> For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/micah/1-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jacob's</a> <a href="/micah/1-1.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/micah/1-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/5-10.htm">Judah's</a> <a href="/micah/1-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/daniel/8-12.htm">Rebellion</a> <a href="/micah/1-1.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/micah/1-1.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/jonah/1-8.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/micah/1-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Jacob's</a> <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/genesis/38-7.htm">Judah's</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Places</a> <a href="/matthew/26-55.htm">Rebellion</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/micah/6-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 1</div>1. <a href="/micah/1-1.htm">The time when Micah prophesied.</a> 2. <a href="/micah/1-2.htm">He shows the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry.</a> 10. <a href="/micah/1-10.htm">He exhorts to mourning.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/micah/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. The phrase "all this" refers to the impending judgment and calamities described earlier in the chapter. The "transgression of Jacob" and "sins of the house of Israel" highlight the moral and spiritual failings of the people. Jacob, representing the northern kingdom of Israel, and the house of Israel, including both kingdoms, are accused of violating their covenant with God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of Israel's unfaithfulness, as seen in <a href="/hosea/4.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a> and <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-8</a>, where social injustice and idolatry are condemned.What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, symbolizes the epicenter of Israel's idolatry and rebellion against God. Established by King Omri and expanded by Ahab, Samaria became synonymous with the worship of Baal and other foreign deities (<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24-33</a>). The city's practices led to its downfall, as prophesied in <a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6-18</a>. Samaria's sins serve as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God.And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah, is identified as the "high place," a term often associated with sites of idol worship. Despite being the location of the Temple, Jerusalem had become a center of corruption and idolatry, as seen in the reigns of kings like Manasseh (<a href="/2_kings/21.htm">2 Kings 21:1-9</a>). This phrase underscores the irony that the city chosen by God for His temple had become a place of spiritual compromise. The reference to Jerusalem as a high place connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's desire for true worship, as emphasized in <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10-17</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Represents the nation of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, who was later named Israel. The transgressions of Jacob refer to the collective sins of the northern kingdom of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a> Refers to the northern kingdom, which was often characterized by idolatry and rebellion against God. 3. <a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a> The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, often associated with idolatry and false worship practices. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom, which included Jerusalem. Though it had moments of faithfulness, it also fell into sin and idolatry. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital of Judah, considered a "high place" due to its religious significance, yet it too became a center of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin has real consequences, both individually and collectively. The transgressions of Jacob and the sins of Israel led to their downfall. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry_in_modern_times.htm">Idolatry in Modern Times</a> Just as Samaria and Jerusalem were centers of idolatry, we must examine our own lives for modern "idols" that take the place of God. <a href="/topical/c/corporate_responsibility.htm">Corporate Responsibility</a> The sins of a nation or community can affect everyone within it. We are called to intercede and work towards righteousness in our communities. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite the judgment pronounced, God always offers a path to repentance and restoration. We must be willing to turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Micah were sent to warn and guide God's people. We should be attentive to the voices that call us back to faithfulness today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 1</a> <a href="/q/what_are_all_the_names_in_the_bible.htm">What are all the names in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_micah_1_9's_wound_metaphorical_or_literal.htm">Micah 1:9 – Could the description of an incurable wound be metaphorical, or does it imply a literal, historically unrecorded calamity affecting Judah?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_micah_7_2's_disappearance.htm">Micah 7:2 speaks of the faithful vanishing—where is the historical or archaeological evidence for such a disappearance? </a> <a href="/q/bible_events'_chronological_order.htm">What is the chronological order of events in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) The transgression of Jacob . . . the sins of the house of Israel.--The corruption of the country came from the capital cities. Samaria, on her hill, set an example of idolatry, drunkenness, and all the evils of a most profligate society; and even Jerusalem, the city "set on an hill," gave a home in the Temple of Jehovah to heathen deities.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 5-7. - § 2. Judgment is denounced on Israel for its sin. Verse 5. - The prophet shows the cause of this punishment. Transgression; better, apostasy, which the people's trangression really was. Jacob. Here the ten tribes and Judah - the whole of the covenant people. In the latter part of the verse the term includes only the ten tribes, called often Israel or Ephraim. All this. The manifestation of God's power and wrath described in vers. 3 and 4. The house of Israel. The ten tribes. Is it not Samaria? She is naught but sin. He names the capitals of the two kingdoms as the source and centre of the idolatry and wickedness which pervaded the whole country. Samaria was built by Omri, a king who "wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him;" and in it his son Ahab erected a temple to Baal (<a href="/1_kings/16-32.htm">1 Kings 16:32</a>), and it became the chief seat of idolatry in the land. What are the high places? The prophet seems to say that Jerusalem is no longer the Lord's sanctuary, but a collection of unauthorized or idolatrous shrines. These were buildings or altars erected in conspicuous spots, contrary to the enactments of the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11-14</a>), and used more or less for idolatrous worship. With a strange perversity, the Jews mixed the pure service of Jehovah with the rites of heathen deities. Even the best kings of Judah were unable wholly to suppress these local sanctuaries (see <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">2 Kings 12:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/14-4.htm">2 Kings 14:4</a>, etc.). They were found even in Jerusalem itself (<a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a>), especially in the time of Ahaz (<a href="/2_kings/16-4.htm">2 Kings 16:4</a>). The parallelism of this clause with the preceding being thought defective ("high places" being not parallel with "apostasy"), the Septuagint reads, ἡ ἁμαρτία, "the sin," followed by the Syriac and the Targum. One Hebrew manuscript confirms the reading; but it is probably unauthorized, and has been ignorantly introduced The prophet defines the sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. The sin of the former is apostasy; that of the latter, unauthorized worship. Instead of "what" in both places the Hebrew gives "who," implying that there is a personal cause, the two capitals being personified. Hezekiah's partial reformation had not taken place when this was uttered. <a href="/commentaries/micah/1-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every this [is] זֹ֔את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, for the transgression בְּפֶ֤שַׁע (bə·p̄e·ša‘) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> Transgression of Jacob יַֽעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and the sins וּבְחַטֹּ֖אות (ū·ḇə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender of the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc What מִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix [is] the transgression פֶ֣שַׁע (p̄e·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> Transgression of Jacob? יַעֲקֹ֗ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc Is it not הֲלוֹא֙ (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no Samaria? שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel And what וּמִי֙ (ū·mî) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix is the high place בָּמ֣וֹת (bā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation of Judah? יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Is it not הֲל֖וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no Jerusalem? יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/micah/1-5.htm">Micah 1:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 1:5 All this is for the disobedience (Mc Mic. 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