THE SINS THAT BRING RUIN Micah 2:3, as dealing with the same subject, should be read together. Micah now enumerates the sins which must bring punishment on Judah. He inveighs bitterly against the rapacity of the rich towards their poorer neighbours. The leaders in the capital, judges, prophets, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS FAMILY] cp. 'The whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt' (Amos 3:1). I DEVISE] as contrasted with their devising (Micah 2:1). 4. Turning AWAY] RV 'to the rebellious,' i.e. God divides the ill-gotten fields to heathen and idolaters. 5. This MAY mean that the oppressor nobles s... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN] RV 'but.' WITH THE GARMENT] RV 'from off the garment.' The ROBE is a mantle, the GARMENT what is usually called the upper garment. MEN AVERSE FROM WAR] quiet, peaceful people. Micah seems to refer to some merciless treatment meted out by creditors to their debtors: cp. Exodus 22:26; Exodus 22:... [ Continue Reading ]
MY GLORY] i.e. their inheritance in the holy land. The prophet implies that women and children are being sold into foreign captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE it IS POLLUTED, etc.] better, 'because of uncleanness ye shall be destroyed with a sore destruction.' They shall be driven from the land from which they have driven others. Their guilt makes the land no resting-place for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SPIRIT AND FALSEHOOD] better, 'after wind and lies.' What promises material benefits alone appeals to them. 12, 13. An oracle of restoration, which has been inserted between the two denunciations, when the separate oracles were collected in writing. Micah promises restoration, when the judgm... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SHEEP OF BOZRAH, etc.] better, 'as sheep into a fold, as a flock into the midst of the pasture.' The GREAT NOISE is the noise of the joy at return. 13. Read the verbs throughout as perfect. The writer speaks as though what he promises had already taken place. THE BREAKER] or, 'deliverer': they... [ Continue Reading ]