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CHAPTER VII
_The prophet begins this chapter with lamenting the decay of_
_piety and the growth of ungodliness, using a beautiful allegory_
_to imply_ (_as explained in_ Micah 7:2)
_that the good...
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WOE - o is me! for I am, as when they have gathered the summer fruits
, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage “The vineyard of the Lord of
hosts,” Isaiah said at the same time, “is the house of Israel...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The prophet's complaint (Micah 7:1) _
2. Confession, prayer and thanksgiving (Micah 7:7)
Micah 7:1. It is the prophet's voice complaining over the conditions
of the people. But he is...
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CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION, AND DISLOYALTY. This passage is
distinct from the preceding, though the same introductory remark
applies to it; in tone, however, it seems to come nearer to certain...
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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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_Woe is me_ The speaker in Micah 7:1, or at any rate in Micah 7:1, is
not the prophet, but the true Israel, i.e. Israel within Israel,
personified. He is like a garden at the time of the fruit-harvest...
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_ISRAEL WAS VERY CORRUPT -- MICAH 7:1-7:_ The people of Israel were
incredibly wicked, but Micah still had strong confidence in God. He
was dreadfully sad with the conduct of God's people. He describe...
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FOR I AM AS WHEN THEY HAVE GATHERED— _For I am like to those who are
about to gather the summer fruits, and to him who is about to pluck
the vintage: there are no grapes which I can eat, nor first-fru...
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MICAH LONGS FOR GODLINESS. Micah 7:1-6
RV. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,
as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my
soul desireth the fir...
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Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as
the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul
desired the firstripe fruit.
I AM AS WHEN THEY HAVE GATH...
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7:1 desired. (f-34) Or 'my soul desired an early fig.'...
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DESIRED THE FIRSTRIPE FRUIT] RV 'desireth the firstripe fig,' which,
now the harvest is past, is gone. The righteous (the early figs) have
been gleaned out of the city.
2. Cp. Isaiah 57:1. Both passa...
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Micah had spoken to the people that ‘lie on their beds’. They
‘make their evil plans’ there (Micah 2:1). He had spoken about the
awful things that would happen. Now these terrible things will soon
hap...
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VII.
(1) WOE IS ME! — Micah gives here a fearful picture of the
demoralised state of society in Judah which had called down the
vengeance of God. As the early fig gathered in June is eagerly sought
f...
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אַ֣לְלַי לִ֗י כִּ֤י הָיִ֨יתִי֙ כְּ
אָסְפֵּי ־קַ֔יִץ כְּ עֹלְלֹ֖ת
בָּצִ֑יר אֵין ־אֶשְׁכֹּ֣ול לֶ אֱכֹ֔ול...
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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 impo...
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GOD'S COMPASSION FOR AN ERRING PEOPLE
Micah 7:1-20
Things had come to an awful pass in the favored city. Oppression,
bribery, and bloodshed, were everywhere in the ascendant. Men wrought
evil with b...
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Following the charge, the people break into a lamentation which is of
the nature of a confession, submission to judgment and hope. The
prophet answers the cry with a message of hope, which, however, e...
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Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the (a) summer fruits,
as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my
soul desired the firstripe fruit.
(a) The Prophet takes up...
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_Figs, which are the worst. (St. Jerome; St. Ambrose in Luke vii. 3.)
Yet they were eagerly sought after, before the other figs came to
maturity. They had escaped the rigours of winter. Such Christ (C...
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CONTENTS
The Prophet laments his solitary situation as a child of God. He takes
comfort in the view of his rich consolation in the Lord. He closeth
the Chapter in words of admiration at the free and...
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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 wit...
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The meaning of the first verse is somewhat doubtful: some refer what
the Prophet says to punishment; and others to the wickedness of the
people. The first think that the calamity, with which the Lord...
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In chapter 7 the prophet takes the place of intercessor before God, in
the name of the people-presenting to Him at once their deep misery and
their iniquities [1] -speaking in their name, and identify...
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WOE IS ME!.... Alas for me unhappy man that I am, to live in such an
age, and among such a people, as I do! this the prophet says in his
own name, or in the name of the church and people of God in his...
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Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as
the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my
soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Ver. 1. _Woe is me, for I am...
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_Wo is me_, &c. Judea, or rather the prophet himself, is here
introduced as complaining, that though good men once abounded in the
land, there were now few or none to be found. _I am as when they have...
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Woe is me! so the prophet calls out in the name of the congregation,
for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as when a few
lonely stalks are left in the harvest-field, AS THE GRAPE-GLEA...
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SUMMER FRUITS:
_ Heb._ the gatherings of summer...
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1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening
apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no
comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nea...
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MICAH CHAPTER 7 The church, complaining of the scarcity of good men,
MICAH 7:1,2, and the general corruption, MICAH 7:3,4, putteth not
confidence in man, but in God, MICAH 7:5. She triumpheth in hopes...
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Micah 7:1 Woe H480 gather H625 fruits H7019 glean H5955 vintage H1210
grapes H5955 cluster H811 eat H398 (H8800) fruit H1063 soul H5315
desires H183 (H8765)
woe - Psalms 120:5; Isaiah 6:5,...
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MICAH (OR THE RIGHTEOUS OF ISRAEL) BEWAILS THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
(MICAH 7:1).
Micah (or the righteous of Israel whom he represents) now describe(s)
the dreadful moral condition of his own peopl...
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The prophet begins in a sorrowful strain, and there is much that is
said in the chapter, yet there is also much of holy confidence in God.
Micah 7:1. _Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered t...
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CONTENTS: Israel's sad present condition. The voice of the remnant in
the last days.
CHARACTERS: God, Micah.
CONCLUSION: When a child of God has much occasion to cry «Woe is me»
when it seems that a...
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Micah 7:1. _I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits._ “I
am become as the gatherers of late figs, as the gleaners of the
vintage.” NEWCOME.
Micah 7:8. _Rejoice not against me, oh mine enemy:...
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There is no cluster to eat
THE UNREVIVED CHURCH
The picture before the eye of the prophet is that of famine in the
midst of plenty, want in time of harvest, sterility amid summer
fruits, soul fasting...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:1 SUMMER FRUIT HAS BEEN GATHERED... GRAPES
HAVE BEEN GLEANED.... THE GODLY HAS PERISHED. In gleaning the fields
of the summer harvest, one expects to find leftovers. Micah’s sear...
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CRITICAL NOTES. The Church now mourns itself, and confesses that its
condition is like a vintage after gleaning. NO CLUSTER] to be found.
RIPE FRUIT] of excellent flavour chiefly desired.
MICAH 7:2....
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EXPOSITION
MICAH 7:1
§ 5. _Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption._
MICAH 7:1
WOE IS ME! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he represents
repentant Israel confessing its c...
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The prophet said,
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as
the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my
soul desires the first ripe fruit (Micah 7:1)...
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Hosea 9:10; Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 28:4;
Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 45:3; Psalms 120:5...
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Woe is me — The land is brought in complaining, that whereas it was
once well stored, now it hath few good in it. As the grape —
gleanings — In Israel and Judah, which in bringing forth good men,
shou...