Incurable Wound Micah 1:9

The effect upon the prophet Micah for the judgment that was to come upon Samaria was “wailing like dragons”, “howling”, going “stripped and naked”, and “mourning as the owls”. There is no doubt that the prophesy Micah was giving was having a deep emotional reaction upon him. In chapter one and verse nine of his prophesy, Micah told the reason he was affected so adversely where we read:

For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah;

he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

The verse begins, “For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah;” Micah used the word “For” which implies “because or on account of” as he declared “her wound” or “scourging, beating, slaughter and defeat” “is incurable” which means “desperate, desperately wicked, woeful and very sick”. Not only was this “wound” affecting Samaria, but the evidence of it being “incurable” was “for it is come” or “the incurable wound is come” “unto Judah”. In other words the slaughter and defeat that was come upon Samaria was spreading to “Judah” as well.

The verse continues, “he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.” Micah employs the pronoun “he” in the next portion of this verse which is different than the use of “it” when he referred to the “incurable wound”. This “he” “is come unto the gate of my people” which refers to “this individual”, and according to Isaiah chapter thirty-six and verse one this was “Sennacherib king of Assyria”:

“Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king

of Assyria came up against all the defensed cities of Judah, and took them.”

The Assyrians had already taken over Israel, and they were knocking upon the doors “even to Jerusalem” when King Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and was delivered of the Assyrians' threat. Though “King Sennacherib” was allowed to “come unto the gate” of Jerusalem, he was not allowed “into” it. (See Isaiah 37:33-37)

While we meditate upon Micah's words, we may be inclined to think about the “incurable wound” of our own country. Whenever a country forsook the Lord, not only did it have an adverse affect upon them, but their neighbors could be affected as well. In this case the apostasy of Samaria spread to Jerusalem, and the threat of “King Sennacherib” should have served as a warning to them. Have there been “warnings” in our country or in our own lives? Is there an “incurable wound” that is not only affecting us, but also our neighbors as well? If so, let us humble ourselves before the Lord Jesus and pray that He removes the “wound” before judgment falls and it is too late.

Next time Micah will share about Gath and rolling in the dust, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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