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Verse Micah 7:6. _FOR THE SON DISHONOURETH THE FATHER_] See the use
our Lord has made of these words, where he quotes them, Matthew 10:21;
Matthew 10:25; Matthew 10:36, and the notes there....
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TRUST YE NOT IN A FRIEND - It is part of the perplexity of crooked
ways, that all relationships are put out of joint. Selfishness rends
each from the other, and disjoints the whole frame of society.
P...
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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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DISHONOURETH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:12.Deuteronomy
5:16; Deuteronomy 5:16). App-92.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._ App-14.Micah 7:6; Micah 7:6 does not
end "abruptly", nor does ther...
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Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
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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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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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For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against
her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's
enemies are the men of his own house.
FOR THE SON DISHONOURETH...
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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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TRUST YE NOT... — All is now distrust and suspicion. The households
are divided each against itself, and the relationships which should
mean mutual confidence and support have become the occasion of t...
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כִּֽי ־בֵן֙ מְנַבֵּ֣ל אָ֔ב בַּ֚ת
קָמָ֣ה בְ אִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה בַּ
חֲמֹתָ֑הּ אֹיְבֵ֥י אִ֖ישׁ אַנְשֵׁ֥י...
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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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These are strong expressions, and if taken spiritually, are very much
to the purpose. What hath any man to trust in, but Jesus and his great
salvation?...
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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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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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FOR THE SON DISHONOURETH THE FATHER,.... Speaks contemptibly of him;
behaves rudely towards him; shows him no respect and reverence;
exposes his failings, and makes him the object of his banter and
ri...
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For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against
her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's
enemies [are] the men of his own house.
Ver. 6. _For the son dis...
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_Trust ye not in a friend_ This and the next verse are descriptive of
a general corruption of manners; so that all ties and duties of
consanguinity were trampled upon, or paid no regard to. The friend...
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THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
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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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FOR: the prophet here gives us a reason of his advice to be wary how
and whom they trust. THE SON; who received his being, maintenance,
education, and inherits the honour as well as estate of his fath...
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Micah 7:6 son H1121 dishonors H5034 (H8764) father H1 Daughter H1323
rises H6965 (H8801) mother H517 Daughter-in-law H3618 mother-in-law
H2545 mans H376 enemies H341 (H8802) men H582 household H1004...
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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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_The good man is perished out of the earth _
THE WAIL OF A TRUE PATRIOT OVER THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF HIS COUNTRY
He bemoans--
I. The departure of excellence from his country. “The good man is
peris...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:4 DAY OF YOUR WATCHMEN. Just as the lookout on
the city wall warned of approaching danger, so Micah announced the
approaching judgment (compare Ezekiel 3:16; Ezekiel 33:7; Hosea...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 7:3. EVIL] Lit. Their hands are for evil, that they may do it
_earnestly, i.e._ well, cleverly. GREAT] man. HE] Emphatic, expresses
_desire_, lit. _the_ lust of his soul. THEY]...
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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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2 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Timothy 3:2; 2
Timothy 3:3; Ezekiel 22:7; Genesis 49:4; Genesis 9:22; Jeremiah 12:6;...