Micah 7

Micah 7:1-6

THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the condition of society which it describes: it is difficult to get reason, and impossible to get rhyme, out of the separate clauses. We had best give it as it stands, and afterwards s... [ Continue Reading ]

Micah 7:7-20

OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS Micah 7:7 AFTER so stern a charge, so condign a sentence, confession is natural, and, with prayer for forgiveness and praise to the mercy of God, it fitly closes the whole book. As we have seen, the passage is a cento of several fragments, from periods far apart in the histor... [ Continue Reading ]