Micah 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. ”

Micah 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On this confession of unworthiness and trust the message of joy bursts in, with the abruptness and conciseness of Hosea or Nahum: A day to build thy fences; (that is, cometh;) That day, far s...
Micah 7:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[In] (i) the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall (k) the decree be far removed. (i) That is, when God will show himself to be a deliverer of his Church, and a destroyer of his en...
Micah 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Micah 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

decree . prescribed limit or boundary. So the Oxford Gesenius, p. 349. Compare Job 26:10 ; Job 38:10 ; Proverbs 8:29 ; Isaiah 24:5 . Jeremiah 5:22 . Hebrew. chok. be far removed . become d...
Micah 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah pursues the subject on which he had previously spoken, — that though the Church thought itself for a time to be wholly lost, yet God would become its deliverer. He says first, that the...
Micah 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. In the day that thy walls are to be built - This refers to Jerusalem; the decree, to the purpose of God to...
Micah 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the day, &c.— In the day that thy walls shall be rebuilt, that day shall remove from thee the decree or judgment; that is to say, thine established laws; the laws of thy kingdom and temp...
Micah 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. In the day that thy walls are to be built - under Cyrus, after the 70 years' captivity; and again, here...
Micah 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Confession and Contrition Bring Back Hope 1-6. Jerusalem laments her estate. The righteous among her children are taken from her by violence ( Micah 7:1-2 ). The rulers misuse their position for t...
Micah 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In that day shall the decree be far removed. — The “decree” was something “definite,” as an appointed law or statute, and this should be far removed. Some interpret this prophecy to mean the remova...
Micah 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS Micah 7:7-20 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 wh...
Micah 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 w...
Micah 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Micah 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Micah 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[In] the day that thy walls are to be built ,.... These words are not spoken to the enemy, as some think; either the Chaldeans, the walls of whose city, Babylon, being demolished by the Persians, it...
Micah 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 7:11 [In] the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall the decree be far removed. Ver. 11. In the day that thy walls are to be built ] In the type, by Nehemiah, Nehemiah 3:...
Micah 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 saye...
Micah 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Seeking Comfort in God; The Sins of the People. B. C. 700. 7 Therefore I will look unt...
Micah 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These words are variously expounded, but the plainest and most suiting with the letter and history to me seems to be this: In the day that thy walls are to be built; O Jerusalem, the days shall cer...
Micah 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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. M...
Micah 7:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 gathere...
Micah 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Micah 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the day that thy walls are to be built The good time coming I. It will be a time for rebuilding the ruined. “In the day that thy walls are to be built.” The walls of Jerusalem are referred...
Micah 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Micah 7:1-33 § 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 I...
Micah 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prayer of Repentance
Micah 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:11-15 ; Daniel 9:25 ; Ezra 4:12-24 ; Nehemiah 2:17 ; Nehemiah 2:8 ; Nehemiah 3:1-16 ; Nehemiah 4:3 ; Nehemiah 4:6
Micah 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy walls — O Jerusalem. The decree — Of Artaxerxes, which forbad the re — building of the temple. Removed — Abolished.

Micah 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 7:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes