Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
- KJV Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie 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, along with their villages.
- 2 Kgs 16:8Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- 2 Sam 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 2 Chr 16:1–3In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Kgs 18:14–16So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- Ps 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Ps 146:3–4Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isa 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Jer 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
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