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Verse 8. _I WILL MAKE A WAILING LIKE THE DRAGONS_] _Newcome_
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I will make a wailing like the foxes, (or jackals,)
And mourning like the daughters of the ostrich. This beast, the
_jacka...
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THEREFORE I WILL - Therefore I would
WAIL - (properly, beat, that is, on the breast).
AND HOWL - “Let me alone,” he would say, “that I may vent my
sorrow in all ways of expressing sorrow, beating on...
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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 JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL. The nations of the earth are summoned to take
warning from the Divine judgment to be executed on Israel. Yahweh
comes forth from heaven (His holy temple; _cf._ Habakkuk 2:20; I...
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WAIL. lament. Compare the Structure above; and note weight of the
prophetic "burden".
DRAGONS. jackals.
OWLS. Hebrew daughters of. doleful cry....
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Micah's Lamentation
8. _Therefore I will wail_ Such exuberance of emotion specially
characterizes the Jews and the Arabs; it reminds us of the Homeric
heroes. The prophets did not cease to be men when...
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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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I WILL WAIL AND HOWL— "I will sympathize with my countrymen in their
calamities; I will dress myself in the habit of mourning, and, like
those who bewail the dead, go without my upper garment; in orde...
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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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Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will
make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
THEREFORE I WILL WAIL. The prophet first shows how the coming
judgme...
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1:8 stripped (a-13) Or 'barefooted.'...
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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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Micah weeps as he speaks God’s judgement. He feels as God feels.
Micah has seen what will happen to Samaria. He knows that the
situation is hopeless. There is no remedy for Samaria’s problems.
God’s j...
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DRAGONS... OWLS. — Literally, _jackals and ostriches._ They are
selected by reason of the dismal howls and screeches they make during
the night....
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עַל ־זֹאת֙ אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה וְ אֵילִ֔ילָה
אֵילְכָ֥ה _שֹׁולָ֖ל_
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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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Naked. Ill clothed, (Haydock) to shew the approaching calamity of the
Israelites, Isaias xx. (Menochius) --- Septuagint and Chaldean explain
all of the people, (Calmet) or of Samaria. "Therefore shall...
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There is a great sameness between the writings of Isaiah and Micah;
their vision opens much alike, only Micah's vision is concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem; and Isaiah's of Judah and Jerusalem. Samaria...
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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 assumes the character of a mourner, that he might
more deeply impress the Israelites; for we have seen that they were
almost insensible in their torpidity. It was therefore necessary...
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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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THEREFORE I WILL WAIL AND HOWL, I WILL GO STRIPPED AND NAKED,.... To
his shut, putting off his upper garment; the rough one, such as the
prophets used to wear; which he did as the greater sign of his...
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_Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will
make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls._
Ver. 8. _Therefore I will wail and howl_] Good men are usually more
d...
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_Therefore I will wail and howl_ I will mourn and lament. _I will go
stripped and naked_ That is, without an upper garment; or with
garments rent and torn. This would fitly denote the naked condition...
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Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
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Therefore, on account of the calamity which would strike Samaria and
Judah, I WILL WAIL AND HOWL, in a most bitter and mournful cry, I WILL
GO STRIPPED AND NAKED, robbed by the enemies and deprived of...
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OWLS:
_ Heb._ daughters of the owl...
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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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THEREFORE, because of those dreadful slaughters and devastations made
in Israel and Samaria, I WILL WAIL, solemnly, as when they who are
skilful in lamentation do at funerals bewail in most affective...
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Micah 1:8 wail H5594 (H8799) howl H3213 (H8686) go H3212 (H8799)
stripped H7758 (H8675) H7
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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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_For her wound is incurable _
MORAL INCURABLENESS
Samaria and Jerusalem were, in a material and political sense, in a
desperate and hopeless condition.
I. Moral incurableness is a condition into wh...
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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 1:8 GO STRIPPED AND NAKED. Wearing sackcloth
(Genesis 37:34) and covering one’s head ...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 1:3. TREAD upon the proud and idolatrous (high places) people,
as Ruler over all the earth.
MICAH 1:4.] Imagery from storms and earthquakes, to describe the
terrors of God’s jud...
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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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Isaiah 16:9; Isaiah 20:2; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:19;...
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Therefore — Because of those dreadful slaughters in Israel and
Samaria. And naked — As one that in bitterness of passion hath cast
off his upper garment. Dragons — Or rather, Jackals, which haunt
deso...