Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD 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.
Micah - (Micah 3:12).
Morasthite - called so from a village of the tribe of Judah.
Hezekiah. The precedent in the reign of such a good king proved that Jeremiah was not the only prophet, nor the first, who threatened the city and the temple without incurring death.
The mountain of the house as the high places of a forest - Moriah, on which stood the temple (peculiarly called "the house"), shall be covered with woods instead of buildings. Jeremiah, in quoting previous prophecies, never does so without alteration; he adapts the language to his own style, showing thereby his authority in his treatment of Scripture, as being himself inspired.