For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
For her wound is incurable,.... Or her "stroke is desperate" (e). The ruin of Samaria, and the ten tribes, was inevitable; the decree being gone forth, and they hardened in their sins, and continuing…
Barnes' Notes
For her - Samaria’s Wound - o, (literally, her wounds, or strokes, (the word is used especially of those inflicted by God, (Lev 26:21; Num 11:33; Deu 28:59, Deu 28:61, etc.) each, one by one,) is…
Adam Clarke
Her wound is incurable - Nothing shall prevent their utter ruin, for they have filled up the measure of their iniquity.
He is come - even to Jerusalem - The desolation and captivity of Israel shall…
We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.
I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic 1:8, Mic 1:9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a…
Cambridge Bible
her wound Lit. her stripes. Samaria's trouble is a chastisement (comp. Isa 1:3-4), but it is not Samaria's trouble only. It has reached Jerusalem; hence the -incurableness" of the -wound," for…
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