Micah 1:10-15
Summary for Mic 1:10-15: 1:10-15 a The cities listed were in the lowlands of southwestern Judah’s coastal areas. The sequence may represent the Assyrian army’s march down the coastal plain and from there into Judah’s heartland in 703–701 BC.1:11 b Exile was the ultimate, most devastating curse (Deut 4:29 c; 28:37 d, 48 e; Jer 25:7-11 f).
1:12 g even to ... Jerusalem: God’s judgment reaches wherever corruption has taken hold (cp. 1:9 h).
1:13 i Lachish was the second most important city in Judah, after Jerusalem, and was Judah’s main center of defense against their enemies. Even today, a massive tell over 150 feet (46 meters) high remains. Lachish fell in 701 BC, having been besieged, terrified, starved, and demolished by Sennacherib’s war engines. Sennacherib celebrated its fall as one of his greatest victories and featured the event in monumental carvings on his palace walls.
1:14 j Farewell gifts said good-bye to the doomed people of Moresheth-gath as that city also became Assyrian property.
1:15 k the leaders (literally the glory): The leaders of Israel should have been Israel’s “glory” by setting examples of moral excellence and wise, caring leadership. Instead, God’s shepherds corrupted their nation.
• Adullam was destroyed by Assyria in 701 BC.
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