Micah 1:9

"For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth even to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem."

"Her wounds are incurable ..." The reason why Samaria's wound was fatal resided in the fact of Jerusalem itself having become corrupted. In Jerusalem should have been the true worship capable of reclaiming the apostate northern kingdom; but the opposite had occurred. Samaria's sins had been approved and adopted in Jerusalem, hence the wound could not be healed. The progressive hardening of the once "chosen people" would continue and could never be averted, except in the instance of a few and scattered remnant who would patiently look for "the kingdom of God."

Micah's purpose was twofold. He would lament at the same time the impending destruction of Samaria and the ultimate fate of Jerusalem which was to occur some 150 years afterward. One may be very sure that such a message as Micah's would have been despised and mocked by the proud and arrogant inhabitants of both kingdoms.