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Verse Micah 1:15. _YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR UNTO THEE, O - MARESHAH_]
Here is another instance, הירש _haigeresh, to bring an heir_, and
מרשה _mareshah, the city_, the name of which signifies _heirship...
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YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR - (the heir, him whom God had appointed to be
the heir, Sennacherib) unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah Mareshah,
(as the original form of its name denotes, lay on the summit...
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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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_Yet will I bring_, &c. Rather, MOREOVER UNTO THEE WILL I BRING HIM
THAT SHALL POSSESS THEE (viz. Sargon and his Assyrians). -Mareshah"
was near Achzib (Joshua 15:44). There is an allusion to its poss...
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_GOD'S NATURE DEMANDS ANGER AGAINST SIN -- MICAH 1:13-16:_ God said,
"Get the war chariots ready, you people of Lachish. You led Jerusalem
into sin, just as Israel did." Lachish was a strong city abou...
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YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR UNTO THEE— _Till I shall send unto thee
that heir, who inhabiteth Mareshah; till the glory of Israel shall
come even to Adullam:_ that is to say, "Till I shall send those
citi...
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he
shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR UNTO THEE - rather, 'the heir.' As thou art
now occupied by po...
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1:15 heir, (m-8) Or, 'the possessor.' Mareshah; (n-12) Possession,
inheritance. Adullam. (o-21) Or 'Even unto Adullam (meaning 'retreat')
shall he come, -- the glory of Israel.'...
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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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MARESHAH] which may mean possession. 'I will bring to the possession a
new possessor,' i.e. the king of Assyria. HE SHALL COME, etc.] read,
'the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.' David, t...
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‘People in Mareshah’. The *Hebrew words here sound like ‘someone
who takes possession’. It means the person that wins a battle. The
result will be that only a few people will live. It was like that
ea...
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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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YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR. — Rather, _the possessor,_ one who shall
take it by force — _i.e.,_ Sennacherib.
MARESHAH was a city in the plain of Judah, near the prophet’s native
place, Moresheth-gath....
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עֹ֗ד הַ יֹּרֵשׁ֙ אָ֣בִי לָ֔ךְ
יֹושֶׁ֖בֶת מָֽר
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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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Yet will I bring an (q) heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he
shall come unto Adullam (r) the glory of Israel.
(q) He prophesies against his own city: and because it signified a
heritage, he s...
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Heir. Maresa (which was the name of a city of Juda) signifies
inheritance: but here God by his prophet tells the Jews, that he will
bring them an heir to take possession of their inheritance: and that...
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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 threatens his own birth place, as he had done other
cities; for, as we have stated, he sprung from this city. He does not
now spare his own kindred: for as God is no respecter of pers...
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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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YET WILL I BRING AN HEIR UNTO THEE, O INHABITANT OF MARESHAH,....
Another city in the tribe of Judah, mentioned with Achzib in
Joshua 15:44; and by many thought to be the birth place of this
prophet;...
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall
come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Ver. 15. _Yet will I bring an heir unto thee_] Or, a possessor, who
shall lay claim to th...
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_O thou inhabitant of Lachish_ This was a strong fortress in the tribe
of Judah: see Joshua 15:39. _Bind the chariot to the swift beast_ In
order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one of...
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah (town of
inheritance), for Israel had been the heir obtaining it from the
Canaanites, and the enemy would now be the heir receiving it from...
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Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
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HE SHALL COME UNTO ADULLAM, THE GLORY OF ISRAEL:
Or, the glory of Israel shall come etc....
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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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OLBHeb;
YET WILL I BRING; the Lord will cause the Assyrian to rise up and
prosper in his wars, to the subduing and possessing of the cities of
Israel and the Philistines. AN HEIR; the Assyrian, who in...
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Micah 1:15 bring H935 (H8686) heir H3423 (H8802) inhabitant H3427
(H8802) Mareshah H4762 glory H3519 Israel...
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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 1:10 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 1:15 The Hebrew for CONQUEROR sounds like
MARESHAH and is often used to describe Israel’s taking of Canaan.
Those who formerly conquered the Canaanites will now themselves be
conqu...
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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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1 Samuel 22:1; 2 Chronicles 11:7; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah
10:6
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An heir — The Assyrian, who in the right of conquest shall possess
thee. Mareshah — A town of the Philistines. Adullam — Perhaps this
city was considerable enough at that time, to be the glory of Isra...