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Mic. 6:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and λthe man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

or, thy name shall see that which is.

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Mic. 3:12• ¹²Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. (Mic. 3:12)

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Isa. 24:10‑12• ¹⁰The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man entereth in.
¹¹[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
¹²In the city remaineth desolation, and the gate is smitten,—a ruin. (Isa. 24:10‑12)

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Isa. 27:10• ¹⁰For the fortified city [is] solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs. (Isa. 27:10)

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Isa. 32:13‑14• ¹³Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
¹⁴For the palace shall be deserted; the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; the hill and watch-tower shall be dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; (Isa. 32:13‑14)

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Isa. 40:6‑8• ⁶A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? —All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field.
⁷The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
⁸The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. (Isa. 40:6‑8)

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Isa. 66:6• ⁶A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that rendereth recompense to his enemies. (Isa. 66:6)

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Jer. 19:11‑13• ¹¹{i}and shalt say unto them{/i}, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
¹²Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. (Jer. 19:11‑13)

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Jer. 26:6,18• ⁶then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
¹⁸Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. (Jer. 26:6,18)

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Jer. 37:8‑10• ⁸And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
⁹Thus saith Jehovah; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
¹⁰For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. (Jer. 37:8‑10)

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Hos. 13:16• ¹⁶{i}Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.{/i} (Hos. 13:16)

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Amos 2:5• ⁵{i}And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.{/i} (Amos 2:5)

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Amos 3:8‑15• ⁸The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
⁹Publish on the palaces at Ashdod, and on the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, {i}and behold the great uproar in the midst thereof, and the oppressions that are within her:{/i}
¹⁰{i}and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.{/i}
¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
¹²{i}Thus saith Jehovah:{/i} As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.
¹³{i}Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts,{/i}
¹⁴{i}that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.{/i} (Amos 3:8‑15)

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Amos 6:1• ¹Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! (Amos 6:1)

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Jonah 3:4• ⁴And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown! (Jonah 3:4)

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Zeph. 3:2• ²She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. (Zeph. 3:2)

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2 Kings 22:11‑20• ¹¹And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes.
¹²{i}And the king commanded Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,{/i}
¹³{i}Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written there for us.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe: now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter of the town; and they spoke with her.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,{/i}
¹⁶{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read.{/i}
¹⁷{i}Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.{/i}
¹⁸{i}But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:{/i}
¹⁹{i}Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.{/i}
²⁰{i}Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.{/i} (2 Kings 22:11‑20)

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Psa. 107:43• ⁴³Whoso [is] wise and observeth these things,{HR}Even they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah. (Psa. 107:43)

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Prov. 22:3• ³A prudent one seeth the evil and hideth himself;{HR}But the simple pass on and are punished. (Prov. 22:3)

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Isa. 26:11• ¹¹Jehovah, thy hand is uplifted, they do not see: but, they shall see jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine enemies shall devour them. (Isa. 26:11)

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Hos. 14:9• ⁹Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the {i}just shall walk in them; but the{/i} transgressors shall stumble thereon. (Hos. 14:9)

the man of wisdom shall see thy name.

or, thy name shall seethat which is wisdom.

Ex. 34:5‑7• ⁵{i}And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.{/i}
⁶{i}And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,{/i}
⁷{i}keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.{/i} (Ex. 34:5‑7)

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Psa. 9:16• ¹⁶Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)

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Psa. 48:10• ¹⁰According to thy name, Ο God, so is thy praise,{HR}Unto the ends of the earth:{HR}Of righteousness is thy right hand full. (Psa. 48:10)

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Psa. 83:18• ¹⁸And they shall know that thou alone,{HR}Whose name [is] Jehovah,{HR}[Art] Most High above all the earth. (Psa. 83:18)

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Isa. 30:27• ²⁷Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and a grievous conflagration: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire; (Isa. 30:27)

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2 Sam. 21:1• ¹{i}And there was a{/i} famine in the days of David three years, year after year; {i}and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said,{/i} It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. (2 Sam. 21:1)

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Job 5:6‑8,17• ⁶For evil goeth not forth of the dust,{HR}And trouble doth not sprout out of the ground;
⁷But man is born to trouble,{HR}As the sparks of flame make high their flight.
⁸For my part, then, I would turn to God (El),{HR}And to God (Elohim) would I commit my cause,
¹⁷Lo, happy the man whom God correcteth:{HR}Therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. (Job 5:6‑8,17)

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Job 10:2• ²I will say to God, Condemn me not;{HR}Let me know why thou contendest with me, (Job 10:2)

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Isa. 9:13• ¹³But the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 9:13)

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Isa. 10:5‑6• ⁵Ho, Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation.
⁶I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa. 10:5‑6)

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Jer. 14:18‑22• ¹⁸{i}If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.{/i}
¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
²⁰We acknowledge, Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
²¹Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:18‑22)

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Lam. 3:39‑42• ³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. (Lam. 3:39‑42)

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Joel 2:11‑18• ¹¹and Jehovah shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
¹²Therefore also now, saith Jehovah, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
¹⁶gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?
¹⁸Then will Jehovah be jealous for his land, and pity his people. (Joel 2:11‑18)

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Amos 4:6‑12• ⁶And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
⁷And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
⁸So two or three cities wandered into one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
⁹I have smitten you with blasting mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
¹⁰I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
¹¹{i}I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrha{/i}, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
¹²Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. (Amos 4:6‑12)

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Jonah 3:5‑10• ⁵So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, {i}from the greatest of them even to the least of them.{/i}
⁶{i}And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.{/i}
⁷{i}And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;{/i}
⁸{i}and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.{/i}
⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:5‑10)

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Hag. 1:5‑7• ⁵Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Consider your ways.
⁶Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
⁷Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Consider your ways. (Hag. 1:5‑7)

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Rev. 3:19• ¹⁹I, as many as I love, rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)

• In the troubles they will face in that coming day they will hear the Lord’s voice speaking to them. (“The Prophecies of Micah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

Jehovah’s voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

W. Kelly Translation

Jehovah’s voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)