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Verse Micah 7:2. _THE GOOD_ MAN _IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH_] A
similar sentiment may be found, Psalms 12:1; Isaiah 57:1. As the
_early fig_ of excellent flavour cannot be found in the advanced
sea...
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THE, GOOD - or godly, or merciful, the English margin
MAN - The Hebrew word contains all. It is “he who loveth tenderly
and piously” God, for His own sake, and man, for the sake of God.
Mercy was prob...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The prophet's complaint (Micah 7:1) _
2. Confession, prayer and thanksgiving (Micah 7:7)
Micah 7:1. It is the prophet's voice complaining over the conditions
of the people. But he is...
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CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION, AND DISLOYALTY. This passage is
distinct from the preceding, though the same introductory remark
applies to it; in tone, however, it seems to come nearer to certain...
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GOOD. gracious.
MEN. mankind. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
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_The good man_ More fully rendered, -The pious man," he who makes love
his rule of action love to God and love to man. -The idea of
_khâsîdh_is not passive [he who experiences grace or love], for God...
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Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
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_ISRAEL WAS VERY CORRUPT -- MICAH 7:1-7:_ The people of Israel were
incredibly wicked, but Micah still had strong confidence in God. He
was dreadfully sad with the conduct of God's people. He describe...
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MICAH LONGS FOR GODLINESS. Micah 7:1-6
RV. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,
as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my
soul desireth the fir...
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The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright
among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his
brother with a net.
THE GOOD MAN IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH...
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7:2 godly (g-2) _ Chasid_ . see Note, 2 Chronicles 6:42 . land, (h-9)
Or 'earth.' men. (i-16) The _ Adam_ -- mankind, as Genesis 1:27 . net.
(k-32) Or '[as] after one under a ban.' see Isaiah 34...
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CONFESSION AND CONTRITION BRING BACK HOPE
1-6. Jerusalem laments her estate. The righteous among her children
are taken from her by violence (Micah 7:1). The rulers misuse their
position for their sel...
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
CHAPTER 7
In this chapter, Micah continues to describe the situation in
Jerusalem. But in his vision (dream), Micah seems to...
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The *vineyard in verse 1 refers to the nation called *Israel (Isaiah
5:1-7; Psalms 80:8-16). The fruit refers to good men and women. These
are the ones that obey God’s *covenant. They obey God’s moral...
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WITH A NET. — The net, which in the Hebrew term comes from a verb
meaning to shut up, was used both by the fisherman and the fowler.
“They lay wait for one another, as hunters for wild beasts.”...
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אָבַ֤ד חָסִיד֙ מִן ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ וְ
יָשָׁ֥ר
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THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE
Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1
THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the
condition of society which it describ...
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GOD'S COMPASSION FOR AN ERRING PEOPLE
Micah 7:1-20
Things had come to an awful pass in the favored city. Oppression,
bribery, and bloodshed, were everywhere in the ascendant. Men wrought
evil with b...
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Following the charge, the people break into a lamentation which is of
the nature of a confession, submission to judgment and hope. The
prophet answers the cry with a message of hope, which, however, e...
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The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none
upright among men: (b) they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every
man his brother with a net.
(b) He shows that the prince, the j...
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_Holy man. Hebrew chasid, (Haydock) "the pious" Assidean, 2 Machabees
xiv. 6. The disorder of Israel was great, though some were religious.
(Calmet) --- Such expressions only mean that few could be fo...
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Here is a sad complaint of the Prophet concerning the times in which
he lived. Like another Elijah, he was inclined to think that faith was
lost in the earth. 1 Kings 19:10. He compares his state to t...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive
properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to
Israel, and so far with...
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In the second verse he expresses more clearly his mind, _Perished, _he
says, _has the righteous _(182) _from the land, and there is none
upright _(183) _among men. _Here now he does not personify the...
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In chapter 7 the prophet takes the place of intercessor before God, in
the name of the people-presenting to Him at once their deep misery and
their iniquities [1] -speaking in their name, and identify...
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THE GOOD [MAN] IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH,.... Here the prophet
expresses in plain words what he had before delivered in figurative
terms. The "good" or "godly" man, as in Psalms 12:1; is one that h...
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The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none
upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man
his brother with a net.
Ver. 2. _The good man is perished out o...
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_Wo is me_, &c. Judea, or rather the prophet himself, is here
introduced as complaining, that though good men once abounded in the
land, there were now few or none to be found. _I am as when they have...
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GOOD:
Or, godly, or merciful...
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1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening
apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no
comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their ne...
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THE GOOD MAN; who loves and is kind to men in need, and is so from the
sense of God's goodness, and in a designed imitation of God, is godly
in the frame of his heart and course of life towards God, a...
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Micah 7:2 faithful H2623 perished H6 (H8804) earth H776 upright H3477
men H120 wait H693 (H8799) blood...
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MICAH (OR THE RIGHTEOUS OF ISRAEL) BEWAILS THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
(MICAH 7:1).
Micah (or the righteous of Israel whom he represents) now describe(s)
the dreadful moral condition of his own peopl...
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The prophet begins in a sorrowful strain, and there is much that is
said in the chapter, yet there is also much of holy confidence in God.
Micah 7:1. _Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered t...
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CONTENTS: Israel's sad present condition. The voice of the remnant in
the last days.
CHARACTERS: God, Micah.
CONCLUSION: When a child of God has much occasion to cry «Woe is me»
when it seems that a...
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Micah 7:1. _I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits._ “I
am become as the gatherers of late figs, as the gleaners of the
vintage.” NEWCOME.
Micah 7:8. _Rejoice not against me, oh mine enemy:...
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_The good man is perished out of the earth _
THE WAIL OF A TRUE PATRIOT OVER THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF HIS COUNTRY
He bemoans--
I. The departure of excellence from his country. “The good man is
perish...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:1 SUMMER FRUIT HAS BEEN GATHERED... GRAPES
HAVE BEEN GLEANED.... THE GODLY HAS PERISHED. In gleaning the fields
of the summer harvest, one expects to find leftovers. Micah’s sear...
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CRITICAL NOTES. The Church now mourns itself, and confesses that its
condition is like a vintage after gleaning. NO CLUSTER] to be found.
RIPE FRUIT] of excellent flavour chiefly desired.
MICAH 7:2. G...
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EXPOSITION
MICAH 7:1
§ 5. _Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption._
MICAH 7:1
WOE IS ME! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he repre
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The prophet said,
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as
the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my
soul desires the first ripe fruit (Micah 7:1)...
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1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:20; Habakkuk 1:15; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah