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Verse Micah 1:11. _INHABITANT OF SAPHIR_] _Sapher, Sepphoris_, or
_Sephora_, was the strongest place in Galilee. - _Calmet_. It was a
city in the tribe of Judah, between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon. -...
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PASS YE AWAY - (literally, Pass thou (fem.) away to or for
yourselves), disregarded by God and despised by man) pass the bounds
of your land into captivity.
THOU INHABITANT OF SHAPHIR, HAVING THY SHAM...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATION
THE FIRST PROPHETIC MESSAGE
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Micah 1:1) _
2. Judgment announced (Micah 1:2)
3. The destruction of Samaria (Micah 1:6)
4. The lamentation o...
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THE DIRGE ON ISRAEL'S DOWNFALL. This is a difficult and corrupt
passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen
for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impossi...
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PASS YE AWAY: i.e. go into exile.
SAPHIR, HAVING THY SHAME, &C. Here we have contrast. Saphir.
Beautytown, with beauty shamed; now _es Suafir._
INHABITANT OF ZAANAN CAME NOT FORTH. Hebrew not gone f...
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_inhabitant_ The word in the Hebrew is feminine, the population of the
city being (as often, e.g. Isaiah 1:8) personified as a virgin.
_Saphir_ as if Fair town (a play on the name).
_Zaanan_ The Zen...
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_MICAH WEPT OVER GOD'S JUDGMENT -- MICAH 1:8-12_ : Samaria's
wickedness had spread even to Jerusalem. It was so heart breaking to
Micah that he said, "I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and
vi...
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PASS YE AWAY, &C.— _Take care thou that inhabitest Saphir_ [a city
in the tribe of Judah] _to pass away naked and in disgrace. The
inhabitants of Zaanan_ [another city in the tribe of Judah] _shall no...
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SAMARIA TO BE DESTROYED. Micah 1:6-11
RV. Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as
places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof
into the valley, and I wil...
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the
inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he
shall receive of you his standing.
PASS YE AWAY - literally...
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1:11 Shaphir, (d-5) Beautiful town. Zaanan (e-13) Coming forth, Joshua
15:37 . Beth-ezel. (f-22) Neighbouring house. will (g-24) Or '...
forth; the lamentation of Beth-ezel will.' shelter. (h-29) Or '...
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JUDGMENT ON SAMARIA AND JUDAH
Sargon destroyed Samaria, the capital of North Israel, 722 or 721.
Micah, about 720 b.c., declaring (Micah 1:6) that Samaria's fall has
been due to its sin, announces a l...
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SAPHIR] 'beauty-town' with its beauty shamed. ZAANAN] in sound like
the Heb. for 'outgoing.' The town of outgoings shall be straitly shut
up. IN THE MOURNING, etc.] RV 'the wailing of Bethezel shall t...
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF MICAH
‘_People, the *LORD told you what goodness is. This is what the
*LORD wants you to do. Be fair to ot...
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Shaphir is the name of a city. Shaphir means ‘beautiful’. Shaphir
was a beautiful city. But its people will soon be prisoners. The
*Assyrians will take its people away to another country. They will
ma...
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SAPHIR... ZAANAN. — The sites of these cities, like that of Aphrah,
are a matter of conjecture. They were probably south-west of
Jerusalem, the prophet following the march of the invading army.
THE I...
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עִבְרִ֥י לָכֶ֛ם יֹושֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁפִ֖יר
עֶרְיָה ־בֹ֑שֶׁת...
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MICAH THE MORASTHITE
Micah 1:1
SOME time in the reign of Hezekiah, when the kingdom of Judah was
still inviolate, but shivering to the shock of the fall of Samaria,
and probably while Sargon the dest...
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GOD'S WITNESS AGAINST HIS CHOSEN
Micah 1:1-16
Micah was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea. Jeremiah quotes from
him. Compare Micah 3:12 and Jeremiah 26:18.
In Micah 1:1-4 the prophet _summons the n...
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The first message of Micah consists of a summons, a proclamation of
Jehovah, and a prophetic message based on the proclamation. This
division ends with an account of the intenuption of the false
proph...
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of (k) Saphir, having thy shame naked:
the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel;
he shall (l) receive of you his standing.
(k) These were citi...
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Place. In Samaria. In the Hebrew, the beautiful place is expressed by
the word Shaphir, which some take for the proper name of a city.
(Challoner) --- It is thought that St. Jerome has given the sense...
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I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here
said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the
low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring nation...
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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 here addresses the cities which were on the borders of the
kingdom of Israel, and through which the enemy would pass in entering
the kingdom of Judah. He therefore bids the inhabitants of...
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The Lord speaks in this book from His temple, and addresses all the
peoples-the whole earth. That is to say, He takes His place upon His
earthly throne to judge the whole earth, in testimony against a...
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PASS YE AWAY, THOU INHABITANT OF SAPHIR,.... A village, according to
Eusebius l, between Eleutheropolis and Ashkelon; perhaps the same with
Sephoron; it is mentioned among the cities of Judah, in the...
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the
inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he
shall receive of you his standing.
Ver. 11. _Pass ye away, tho...
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_Declare ye it not in Gath_ Lest the Philistines triumph. The words
seem to be taken out of David s lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, 2
Samuel 1:20, where see the note. _Weep ye not at all_ Or, _wee...
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Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir (fair-view), HAVING THY SHAME
NAKED, in shameful nakedness, also robbed by the enemy; THE INHABITANT
OF ZAANAN (outlet). CAME NOT FORTH IN THE MOURNING OF BETH-...
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INHABITANT:
_ Heb._ inhabitress
SAPHIR:
Or, thou that dwellest fairly
ZAANAN:
Or, the country of flocks
BETHEZEL:
Or, a place near...
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8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare
it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or
with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as...
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PASS YE AWAY: the imperative is here put for the future, and the
prophet does here foretell and threaten what shall befall this people,
they shall go before the enemy into captivity. _Saphir_ denotes...
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A LAMENT FOR THE CITIES OF JUDAH (MICAH 1:10).
These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on
Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating
Philistia, and they illuminat...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's case against Israel. Impending judgment.
CHARACTERS: God, Micah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: There comes a time when men who have persisted in sin must
face ruin without...
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Micah 1:1. _Micah the Morasthite,_ alluding to a village in the tribe
of Judah, near the city of Eleuthera, which distinguishes him from the
prophet Micaiah, who foretold the defeat of Ahab. 1 Kings 2...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:2 The Announcement of Judgment on Israel and
Judah. The first major section describes (1) God’s punishment of
Samaria and Judah (Micah 1:2); (2) abuses and abuse
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:10 The names of the towns and the words
describing the disasters sound alike. Micah uses wordplay to reveal
the various disasters Judah will face when its towns are captured by
t...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:11 SHAPHIR sounds like “beautiful” and
contrasts with NAKEDNESS AND SHAME. ZAANAN sounds like the Hebrew for
“come out.” In fear, the trembling i
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 1:10.] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen
neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10 to depict what
would happen in them. In most cases the things sai...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:13
Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WITH
PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE.
MICAH 1:1
The...
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Shall we turn now to the book of Micah.
As is the very typical opening of most of the books of the prophets,
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of
Jotham, Ahaz, and He...
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Ezekiel 16:37; Isaiah 16:2; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 47:2; Isaiah 47:3;...
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Pass ye away — The imperative is here put for the future; they shalt
go into captivity. Saphir — Probably Samaria and Jerusalem. Naked
— Stript by the conquering enemy. Zaanan — It is thought, this wa...