For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.
Parallel translations
- WEB For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- KJV For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- NKJV For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem.
- NASB For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
- NLT For my people’s wound is too deep to heal. It has reached into Judah, even to the gates of Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The wound is incurable and has spread from Israel to Judah, reaching even to Jerusalem's gate. It warns that the north's corruption now threatens the south.
Overview
The judgment that fell on Samaria is not contained; its 'incurable' sickness reaches the very gate of God's people in Jerusalem. Historically the Assyrian advance swept down to threaten Judah's capital. The verse warns that unchecked sin spreads, and that Judah cannot assume it is safe.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 30:11–15For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Mic 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- 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.
- 2 Chr 32:1–23After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
- Isa 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- 2 Kgs 18:9–13In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
- Isa 37:22–36this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Isa 1:5–6Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Isa 3:26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Isa 10:28–32Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
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