Micah 1:6
6 “I will turn Samaria ▼ into a heap of ruins in an open field –vineyards will be planted there! ▼
▼ Heb “into a planting place for vineyards.”
I will tumble ▼
▼ Heb “pour” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, NRSV “pour down”; NAB “throw down”; NLT “roll.”
the rubble of her stone walls ▼▼ Heb “her stones.” The term stones is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry.
down into the valley, and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. ▼
▼ Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls.
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