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Verse Micah 7:13. _NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE_] This
should be translated in the preter tense, "Though the land HAD been
desolate;" that is, the land of Israel had been desolate during...
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NOTWITHSTANDING - (And) the land (that is that spoken of, the land of
Judah) shall be desolate not through any arbitrary law or the might of
her enemies, but through the sins of the people, because of...
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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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ISRAEL'S CONFESSION OF FAITH. This undoubtedly post-exilic utterance
of Israel's confidence _in._ Yahweh's delivering intervention falls
into three portions, probably once distinct, viz. Micah 7:7 (th...
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NOTWITHSTANDING: i.e. But first, or before this.
THE LAND, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:33, the same
word)....
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_the land_ i.e. the land of Canaan. Before the great promises of a
golden future can be realized, judgment must have its perfect work. We
might, however, render -the earth," i.e. the earth with the ex...
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_ISRAEL TURNED BACK TO GOD -- MICAH 7:8-13:_ The nation of Israel had
fallen exceedingly low. After a time of repentance and spiritual
growth God would raise them up again. Things might have been dark...
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NOTWITHSTANDING, THE LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE— _And the land shall be
laid waste, with its inhabitants; this shall be the fruit of their
doings._ Houbigant....
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THE PROPHET LOOKS TO GOD. Micah 7:7-13
RV. But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God
of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine
enemy: when I fall, I s...
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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell
therein, for the fruit of their doings.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE BECAUSE OF THEM THAT DWELL
THEREIN, FOR THE...
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CONFESSION AND CONTRITION BRING BACK HOPE
1-6. Jerusalem laments her estate. The righteous among her children
are taken from her by violence (Micah 7:1). The rulers misuse their
position for their se...
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
CHAPTER 7
In this chapter, Micah continues to describe the situation in
Jerusalem. But in his vision (dream), Micah seems to...
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NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE. — There is still
bitterness in the cup. In the midst of the triumphant expectation of
the glory to come, there rises up the vision of the desolation of the...
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וְ הָיְתָ֥ה הָ אָ֛רֶץ לִ שְׁמָמָ֖ה עַל
־יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ מִ פְּרִ֖י
מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ ס...
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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...
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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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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell
therein, for the fruit of (m) their doings.
(m) Before this grace appears, he shows how grievously the hypocrites
themselves will...
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_Land of Babylon, (Challoner) or "the land of Judea (Haydock) has
been," &c. It might also be again made desolate, because the captives
built houses for themselves, and neglected the temple, Aggeus i....
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Reader! it is truly blessed when a child of God can thus look at every
foe and triumph in Christ. Times of darkness are times for faith to be
in lively exercise. It is of no real consequence in what s...
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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 Prophet, as I have already said, seems to be inconsistent with
himself: for after having spoken of the restoration of the land, he
now abruptly says, that it would be deserted, because God had bee...
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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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NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAND SHALL BE DESOLATE,.... Not the land of
Chaldea, as some; or the land of the nations, as Jarchi and Kimchi;
but the land of Israel. That part of it, which was possessed by the...
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Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell
therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Ver. 13. _Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate_] Understand it,
not of the land of...
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_Then she that is mine enemy_ Namely, the Chaldean nation. _Which said
unto me_, (namely, when she held me captive,) _Where is the Lord thy
God?_ Where is now Jehovah, whom thou worshippest, and sayes...
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THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
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NOTWITHSTANDING:
Or, after that it hath been...
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8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be
patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness
of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badne...
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NOTWITHSTANDING, Heb. _And_, but well rendered here
_Not-withstanding_, viz. these promises of restitution, and gathering
in the dispersed Jews, &c., which took not place till more than two
hundred ye...
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Micah 7:13 land H776 desolate H8077 dwell H3427 (H8802) fruit H6529
deeds H4611
Not withstanding the land shall be - or, After that the land hath
been, Leviticus 26:33-39; Isaiah 6:11-13, Isaiah 24:3...
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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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_For the fruit of their doings _
MAN’S RUIN THE FRUIT OF HIS OWN CONDUCT
Assuming it to be a fact that man’s ruin is evermore the fruit of
his own conduct, three things must follow--
I. That his mi...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:13 DESOLATE. Safety is found only in
Jerusalem. Outside there is only a wasteland.
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 7:11.] This confidence rises. DAY] Fences will be built up.
DECREE] The law imposed upon Israel by heathens, some; others, the
decree of God for her captivity.
MICAH 7:12. THAT...
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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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Daniel 4:26; Daniel 4:27; Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Isaiah 24:3;
Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 6:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 21:14;...
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Not withstanding — These promises of restitution, which took not
place 'till more than two hundred years after....