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Verse Micah 7:7. _THEREFORE I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD_] Because things
are so, I will _trust_ in the Lord more firmly, _wait_ for him more
patiently, and more _confidently_ expect to be supported, def...
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THEREFORE - (And,) when all these things come to pass and all human
help fails, “I”, for my part, “will look unto”, (literally,
“on”) “the Lord” God, the Unchangeable. The prophet sets
himself, I, wit...
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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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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. See the Structure.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
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_Therefore I_ Rather, AND AS FOR ME, I.
_the God of my salvation_ A reminiscence of the Psalter (Psalms 27:9).
_will hear me_ -Hearing" includes answering (Isaiah 30:19)....
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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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DISCOURSE: 1214
PRAYER OUR GREAT PRESERVATIVE
Micah 7:7. _I will look unto the Lord; 1 will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me_.
IF we mark the discriminating character of the Lord...
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THEREFORE I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD— The same divine Person, says
Houbigant, goes on to speak, who said in the Gospel, _A man's enemies
are those of his own household;_ and who clearly foretels here b...
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THE PROPHET LOOKS TO GOD. Micah 7:7-13
RV. But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God
of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine
enemy: when I fall, I s...
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Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
THEREFORE I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD - as if no one else were before
mine eyes.
I WILL WAIT FOR T...
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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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THEREFORE] RV 'but as for me.' In such evil days the true man finds
refuge in God....
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Micah changes his mood here. Before, he was bringing bad news. Now he
speaks his own thoughts. Micah says ‘But in my case’. He forgets
about the bad news now. He is confident. Previously, Micah spoke...
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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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THEREFORE I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD. — Because of all this gloom
which has settled upon the earth, I, for my part, will lift up mine
eyes to the everlasting hills, whereon rests the light of Jehovah’s...
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וַ אֲנִי֙ בַּ יהוָ֣ה אֲצַפֶּ֔ה
אֹוחִ֖ילָה לֵ
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OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS
Micah 7:7
AFTER so stern a charge, so condign a sentence, confession is natural,
and, with prayer for forgiveness and praise to the mercy of God, it
fitly closes the whole book....
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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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Therefore (g) I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me.
(g) The Prophet shows that the only remedy for the godly in desperate
evils, is to flee to God f...
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There is an uncommon degree of beauty as well as godliness in what the
Prophet here saith. And it is truly blessed, when from the little
dependence that we can find in men, we look unto the Lord. Oh!...
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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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The Prophet points out here the only remedy, to preserve the faithful
from being led away by bad examples and that is, to fix their eyes on
God, and to believe that he will be their deliverer. Nothing...
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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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THEREFORE I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD,.... Here the prophet, in the name
of the church and people of God, declares what he would do in such
circumstances, since there was no dependence on men of any ran...
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_Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my
salvation: my God will hear me._
Ver. 7. _Therefore will I look unto the Lord_] "Therefore," inasmuch
as there is no faith nor fair...
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_Trust ye not in a friend_ This and the next verse are descriptive of
a general corruption of manners; so that all ties and duties of
consanguinity were trampled upon, or paid no regard to. The friend...
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THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
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Therefore, so the prophet cries out, because such were the conditions,
I WILL LOOK UNTO THE LORD, lifting up his eyes for salvation from the
God of the covenant; I WILL WAIT FOR THE GOD OF MY SALVATIO...
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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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THEREFORE, since times are so calamitous, and all sorts of men are so
perfidious, since no sure comfort or relief from those that are
nearest relations, and should be dearest friends, I WILL LOOK; as...
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Micah 7:7 look H6822 (H8762) LORD H3068 wait H3176 (H8686) God H430
salvation H3468 God H430 hear...
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THE RIGHTEOUS OF ISRAEL ARE HOWEVER CONFIDENT THAT IN ALL THIS YHWH
WILL BE WITH THEM AND WILL SUSTAIN THEM WHILE THEIR ENEMY WILL BE
CONFOUNDED (MICAH 7:7).
The words that follow clearly refer to mor...
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THEREFORE
(Micah 7:7) is, primarily, the confession and intercession of the
prophet, who identifies himself with Israel.
Compare (Daniel 9:3).
Intercession was a test of the prophetic office; (Jere...
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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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_I will look unto the Lord (taken with _Isaiah 66:2_) _
THE TWO LOOKS
Man is a creature requiring help.
Where is he to look?
I. Man’s look.
1. Personal--“I.” Whatever it may cost, whoever else wi...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:7 BUT AS FOR ME contrasts Micah with the
unfaithful leaders of vv. Micah 7:3 (compare Micah
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 7:7.] Having no hope from man, the prophet looks to God, and
speaks in the name of the Church. SALV.] _i.e._ from whom all help
comes.
MICAH 7:8. REJOICE] The enemy must not th...
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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 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; Genesis 49:18; Habakkuk 3:17; Isaiah 12:2;...
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Therefore — Since all sorts of men are so perfidious. Look — As
one set in a watch — tower looks round about, and diligently
observes all that stirs, so will the prophet; so did they who in
Israel and...