Micah 7:1
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD. gracious. MEN. mankind. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. ASKETH. asketh [for. reward]. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 16:19). App-92. Compare Micah 3:11.Hosea 4:18. THE JUDGE ASKETH. the judge [judgeth], &c. Figure of speech complex _Ellipsis._ Compare Micah 3:11.Isaiah 1:23. REWARD. bribe. HIS MISCHIEVOUS DESIRE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6 :. the day [of punishment] foretold by thy watchmen.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST YE NOT. Put ye no faith in. Hebrew. _'aman_. See App-69. PUT YE NOT CONFIDENCE IN. Hebrew. _batah_. See App-69. So the Western Massorites. The Eastern, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "neither put", &c. Quoted in Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:36; Luke 12:53.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISHONOURETH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:12.Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 5:16). App-92. MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._ App-14.Micah 7:6; Micah 7:6 does not end "abruptly", nor does there "yawn. century". Micah 7:7 gives the true remedy in contrast with the vain remedies of verses: Mic... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. See the Structure. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. FALL: i.e. into calamity; not into sin. Literally. have fallen,. have arisen; though. should sit in darkness, Jehovah, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
INDIGNATION. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment which was the result of it. SINNED. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. BEHOLD. look unto. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS: i.e. His righteous vindication.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHE, &C. So shall she [who had been] mine enemy: i.e. Assyria (in Micah 7:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
DECREE. prescribed limit or boundary. So the Oxford _Gesenius,_ p. 349. Compare Job 26:10; Job 38:10; Proverbs 8:29; Isaiah 24:5.Jeremiah 5:22. Hebrew. _chok._ BE FAR REMOVED. become distant: i.e. extended. See the Oxford _Gesenius,_ p. 935. Hebrew. _rachak,_ as in Isaiah 26:15. Note the Figure of... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. one. But. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), reads "they": i.e. thine exiles. come. come home; as in 1 Samuel 11:5.Psalms 45:15.Proverbs 2:10, or, into blessing; as in Psalms 69:27. Nothing has "fallen out" of the text! ASSYRIA. See the "enemy", Micah 7:10. THE FORTIFIED CITIES.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING: i.e. But first, or before this. THE LAND, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:33, the same word).... [ Continue Reading ]
FEED, &C. Note here, the prayer of Micah. Supply the _Ellip_ sis: "[Then Micah prayed, and said:. Jehovah] Feed Thy People", &c. FEED. shepherd Thou (masc). ROD. Hebrew. _shebet,_ as in Micah 5:1. not as in Micah 6:9. Here it is the token of rule. WHICH DWELL, &C.. dwell thou (feminine): i.e. the... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING, &C. Verses 15-17 are Jehovah's answer as to the subjugation of Israel's enemies. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Micah 6:4. App-92. Not the continuation of Micah's prayer. WILL. SHEW UNTO HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY THEIR HAND, &C Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for silence, of which it was the token their ears. Some codices, with four early printed and sign. See Job 21:5; Job 29:9; Job 40:4. THEIR EARS. Some codices, with lour early printed editions, read "and their".... [ Continue Reading ]
LICK THE DUST. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in Genesis 3:14. Compare Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23. MOVE. come quaking. HOLES. fastnesses. Hebrew. _misgereth._ WORMS. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:24, the same word). Occurs only in these tw... [ Continue Reading ]
PARDONETH INIQUITY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:7). INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew. _'avah._. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL TURN AGAIN. Compare Hosea 14:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU WILT PERFORM, &C. Quoted in Luke 1:72; Luke 1:73. SWORN UNTO OUR FATHERS. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24. &c.) App-92. See Psalms 105:9; Psalms 105:10; Psalms 105:42,... [ Continue Reading ]