Micah 6:16

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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

In other translations

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Hebrew words

וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּרveyishtamerso <it> may be keptH8104חֻקּוֹתchukot[the] statutes ofH2708עָמְרִי'ameriOmriH6018וְכֹלvekholand everyH3605מַעֲשֵׂהma'aseh<the> deed ofH4639בֵית־veit-[the] house ofH1004אַחְאָב'ach'avAhabH256וַתֵּלְכוּvatelekhuand you have walkedH1980בְּמֹעֲצוֹתָםbemo'atzotamin schemes theirH4156לְמַעַןlema'anso asH4616תִּתִּיtitito make IH5414אֹתְךָ'otekha<obj.> youH853לְשַׁמָּהleshamahinto a horrorH8047וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָveyosheveihaand inhabitants itsH3427לִשְׁרֵקָהlishrekahinto hissingH8322וְחֶרְפַּתvecherpatand [the] reproach ofH2781עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971תִּשָּׂאוּ׃ פtisa'uyou will bearH5375

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: Ahab, Omri

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