Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
- BSB Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
- NKJV Therefore you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath; The houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
- NASB Therefore you will give parting gifts In behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of Achzib will become a deception To the kings of Israel.
- NLT Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; there is no hope of saving it. The town of Aczib has deceived the kings of Israel.
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Quick answer
Judah must give farewell gifts to Moresheth Gath as it is lost, and Achzib will prove deceptive to Israel's kings. It depicts towns being surrendered to the enemy.
Overview
The 'parting gift' resembles a dowry sent away, picturing the loss of these towns, including Micah's own hometown region. Achzib ('deception') will be a 'deceitful' disappointment, its name matching its failure to provide help. The judgment strips away the false securities in which the leaders trusted.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- 2 Kgs 16:8Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
- 2 Sam 8:2He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
- 2 Chr 16:1–3In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Kgs 18:14–16Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, “I have offended you. Return from me. That which you put on me, I will bear.” The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- Ps 62:9Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
- Ps 146:3–4Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
- Isa 30:6The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
- Jer 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
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