Micah 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitante of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. ”

Micah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet will I bring an heir - (the heir, him whom God had appointed to be the heir, Sennacherib) unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah Mareshah, (as the original form of its name denotes, lay on the s...
Micah 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yet will I bring an (q) heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam (r) the glory of Israel. (q) He prophesies against his own city: and because it signified a heritage, he...
Micah 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Dirge on Israel's Downfall. This is a difficult and corrupt passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impo...
Micah 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

an heir... Mareshah. Hebrew the possessor ( hayyoresh) ... O Possession ( Mareshah) . The possessor whom Jehovah would bring was Assyria. he shall come, &c. The glory: i.e. the nobility ( Is...
Micah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here threatens his own birth place, as he had done other cities; for, as we have stated, he sprung from this city. He does not now spare his own kindred: for as God is no respecter...
Micah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O - Mareshah - Here is another instance, הירש haigere...
Micah 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee— Till I shall send unto thee that heir, who inhabiteth Mareshah; till the glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam: that is to say, "Till I shall send those c...
Micah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee - rather, 'the heir.' As thou art now occupied...
Micah 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment on Samaria and Judah Sargon destroyed Samaria, the capital of North Israel, 722 or 721. Micah, about 720 b.c., declaring ( Micah 1:6 ) that Samaria's fall has been due to its sin, announc...
Micah 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yet will I bring an heir. — Rather, the possessor, one who shall take it by force — i.e., Sennacherib. Mareshah was a city in the plain of Judah, near the prophet’s native place, Moresheth-g...
Micah 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MICAH THE MORASTHITE Micah 1:1-16 SOME time in the reign of Hezekiah, when the kingdom of Judah was still inviolate, but shivering to the shock of the fall of Samaria, and probably while Sargon...
Micah 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Witness against His Chosen Micah 1:1-16 Micah was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea. Jeremiah quotes from him. Compare Micah 3:12 and Jeremiah 26:18 . In Micah 1:1-4 the prophet s...
Micah 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first message of Micah consists of a summons, a proclamation of Jehovah, and a prophetic message based on the proclamation. This division ends with an account of the intenuption of the false prop...
Micah 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring natio...
Micah 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah ,.... Another city in the tribe of Judah, mentioned with Achzib in Joshua 15:44 ; and by many thought to be the birth place of this pro...
Micah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. Ver. 15. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee ] Or, a possessor, who shall lay claim to...
Micah 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O thou inhabitant of Lachish This was a strong fortress in the tribe of Judah: see Joshua 15:39 . Bind the chariot to the swift beast In order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one...
Micah 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 743. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped a...
Micah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBHeb; Yet will I bring; the Lord will cause the Assyrian to rise up and prosper in his wars, to the subduing and possessing of the cities of Israel and the Philistines. An heir; the Assyrian,...
Micah 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lament For The Cities of Judah ( Micah 1:10-16 ). These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating Philistia, and they i...
Micah 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Micah 1:10 .] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10-15 to depict what would happen in them. In most cases...
Micah 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:1 . Micah the Morasthite, alluding to a village in the tribe of Judah, near the city of Eleuthera, which distinguishes him from the prophet Micaiah, who foretold the defeat of Ahab. 1 Kin...
Micah 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:13 Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH , WITH PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE . Micah 1:1 The inscription, or headin...
Micah 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement
Micah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:1 ; 2 Chronicles 11:7 ; Isaiah 10:3 ; Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 7:17-25 ; Jeremiah 49:1 ; Joshua 15:35 ; Joshua 15:44
Micah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An heir — The Assyrian, who in the right of conquest shall possess thee. Mareshah — A town of the Philistines. Adullam — Perhaps this city was considerable enough at that time, to be the glory of I...

Micah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes