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Verse Micah 7:20. _THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH TO JACOB_] The
_promises_ which he has made to Jacob and his posterity. Not one of
them can ever fall to the ground. "And the mercy to Abraham, which
th...
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THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH TO JACOB AND THE MERCY TO ABRAHAM - What
was free mercy to Abraham, became, when God had once promised it, His
truth. Abraham also stands for all those, who in him and his...
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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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THOU WILT PERFORM, &C. Quoted in Luke 1:72; Luke 1:73.
SWORN UNTO OUR FATHERS. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24. &c.)
App-92. See Psalms 105:9; Psalms 105:10; Psalms 105:42,...
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_THERE IS NO GOD LIKE THE TRUE GOD -- MICAH 7:18-20:_ Micah said that
there is no God like the true and living God. God chose Israel to be
His people, the people that He would use to bring the Messiah...
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DISCOURSE: 1216
THE MERCY OF GOD
Micah 7:18. _Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and
passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He
retaineth not his anger for eve...
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PRAYER OF PROPHETIC PRAISE. Micah 7:18-20
RV. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth
over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth
not his anger for ev...
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which
thou
THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH - the faithful promise.
TO JACOB, AND THE MERCY TO ABRAHAM - thou shalt make good to their...
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7:20 perform (f-3) Lit. 'give.' Abraham, (g-9) Or 'wilt give the truth
[promised] to Jacob, the loving-kindness [promised] to Abraham.'...
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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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THOU WILT PERFORM. — The closing words in the prophecy of Micah are
gloriously taken up some centuries later by Zechariah: “As He spake
by the mouth of His holy prophets, which have been since the wor...
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תִּתֵּ֤ן אֱמֶת֙ לְ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב חֶ֖סֶד
לְ אַבְרָהָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר ־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ
לַ אֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִ֥ ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃
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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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Thou wilt perform the (u) truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
(u) The Church is assured that God will perform the truth of his
mer...
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_Truth, performing what he had promised out of mercy to Abraham.
(Worthington)_...
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Reader! do observe from those blessed expressions, how the mind of the
Prophet is lifted up, in admiring and adoring the riches and fulness
of Almighty grace: He takes his contemplation of the greatne...
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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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_‘WHO IS A PARDONING GOD LIKE THEE?’_
‘Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
which Thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.’
Micah 7:20
Listen! We shall not he...
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The faithful confirm here the former truth, that God had deposited his
covenant with them, which could not be made void: and hence also
shines forth more clearly what I have said before, that the fait...
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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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THOU WILT PERFORM THE TRUTH TO JACOB,.... That is, the promise made to
Jacob, the Lord would faithfully perform and make good to his
posterity, natural and spiritual, especially to those who are
Israe...
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Ver. 20. _Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
Abraham...
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_Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob_ Thou wilt perform to his
posterity what thou didst promise to Jacob. _And the mercy to Abraham
_ As the promises given to Abraham were made to him and to his see...
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The Prophet's Last Supplication...
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14-20 When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their
friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to
Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the
s...
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THOU, O God of mercy, wisdom, power, and faithfulness, whoever are
honoured with being thine instruments and servants in doing somewhat
herein, the work is thine, thou wilt raise up a deliverer, Cyrus...
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Micah 7:20 give H5414 (H8799) truth H571 Jacob H3290 mercy H2617
Abraham H85 sworn H7650 (H8738) fathers H1 days H3117 old H6924
Genesis 12:2-3, Genesis 17:7-8, Genesis 22:16-18,...
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MICAH CLOSES HIS PROPHECY WITH THE ASSURANCE OF WHAT GOD WILL DO FOR
HIS PEOPLE. (MICAH 7:18).
As his prophecy comes to its close Micah continues by exulting in
God's pardoning goodness and in His co...
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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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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:20 FAITHFULNESS... STEADFAST LOVE... YOU HAVE
SWORN. The book concludes by summarizing the Lord’s key attributes
and actions (Exodus 34:6; Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 7:12). TH...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 7:14. FEED] Lit. rule; a prayer in the name of the people, to be
fed on the fruitful mountain-range (Carmel) of the western sea-coast
(Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 37:24), and by Bashan...
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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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Acts 3:25; Acts 3:26; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:7;
Genesis 17:8; Genesis 22:16; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:4; Genesis
28:13;...