Micah 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. ”

Micah 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces - Its idols in whom she trusts, so far from protecting her, shall themselves go into captivity, broken up for the gold and silver where...
Micah 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the (f) hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the h...
Micah 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Judgment of Israel. The nations of the earth are summoned to take warning from the Divine judgment to be executed on Israel. Yahweh comes forth from heaven (His holy temple; cf. Habakkuk 2:2...
Micah 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

graven images. Hebrew. pesilim. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 20:4 ). App-92. hires. The technical Pentateuchal word for. harlot's hire, to which idolatry is compared. Compare Hosea 8:9 ;...
Micah 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet goes on with the same subject, and says, that the ruin of Samaria was at hand, so that its idols would be broken, and also, that its wealth would be destroyed which she had gathered...
Micah 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire...
Micah 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And all the hires thereof— The love-presents, &c. The meaning is, "As your temples have been enriched with the presents offered by these shameless idol worshippers, to their riches shall retu...
Micah 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hir...
Micah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And all the hires thereof. — The falling away of Israel from her loyalty to God is compared generally by the prophets to a wife deserting her husband; and these “hires” are the offerings made to th...
Micah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is a great sameness between the writings of Isaiah and Micah; their vision opens much alike, only Micah's vision is concerning Samaria and Jerusalem; and Isaiah's of Judah and Jerusalem. Samari...
Micah 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces ,.... By the Assyrian army, for the sake of the gold and silver of which they were, made, or with which they were adorned, as was usually...
Micah 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire...
Micah 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap A heap of ruins. And as plantings of a vineyard As in planting vineyards men dig the earth, and cast it up in hillocks, so shall they make this city. The V...
Micah 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 743. 1 The word of the L ORD that came to Micah the Morasthi...
Micah 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the graven images; erected in honour to the idols they worshipped, which usually were the images or similitudes resembling their idols, their gods of silver, gold, or stone and brass, or wood....
Micah 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Declares His Verdict On Samaria and Jerusalem ( Micah 1:1-7 ). The chapter opens with a declaration of YHWH's sovereign power as Creator, and of His interest in the affairs of Judah and Israe...
Micah 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Micah 1:3 . Tread upon the proud and idolatrous (high places) people, as Ruler over all the earth. Micah 1:4 .] Imagery from storms and earthquakes, to describe the terr...
Micah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place God’s procedure in relation to sin This is a highly figurative and sublime representation of the Almighty in His retributive work, especially in r...
Micah 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephraim's Destruction Threatened
Micah 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 31:1 ; 2 Chronicles 34:6 ; 2 Chronicles 34:7 ; 2 Kings 23:14 ; 2 Kings 23:15 ; Deuteronomy 23:18 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 10:6 ; Hosea 2:12 ; Hosea 2:5 ; Hosea 8:6 ; Isaiah 27:9...
Micah 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hires — The rich gifts given for the honour and service of the idols by deceived idolaters. She — The kingdom of Samaria. It — Their wealth, or the rich presents made to their idols. Of an harl...

Micah 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes