Micah 7:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. ”

Micah 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding - (And) the land (that is that spoken of, the land of Judah) shall be desolate not through any arbitrary law or the might of her enemies, but through the sins of the people, becau...
Micah 7:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of (m) their doings. (m) Before this grace appears, he shows how grievously the hypocrites themselves wil...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Notwithstanding: i.e. But first, or before this. the land, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:33 , the same word).
Micah 7:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet, as I have already said, seems to be inconsistent with himself: for after having spoken of the restoration of the land, he now abruptly says, that it would be deserted, because God...
Micah 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate - This should be translated in the preter tens...
Micah 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate— And the land shall be laid waste, with its inhabitants; this shall be the fruit of their doings. Houbigant.
Micah 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, fo...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate. — There is still bitterness in the cup. In the midst of the triumphant expectation of the glory to come, there rises up the vision of the desolation of t...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate ,.... Not the land of Chaldea, as some; or the land of the nations, as Jarchi and Kimchi; but the land of Israel. That part of it, which was possessed by t...
Micah 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Ver. 13. Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate ] Understand it, not of the land o...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Notwithstanding, Heb. And , but well rendered here Not-withstanding , viz. these promises of restitution, and gathering in the dispersed Jews, &c., which took not place till more than two hun...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - 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 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the fruit of their doings Man’s ruin the fruit of his own conduct Assuming it to be a fact that man’s ruin is evermore the fruit of his own conduct, three things must follow-- I. That h...
Micah 7:13 - 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 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prayer of Repentance
Micah 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 4:26 ; Daniel 4:27 ; Galatians 6:7 ; Galatians 6:8 ; Isaiah 24:3-8 ; Isaiah 3:10 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 6:11-13 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 21:14 ; Jeremiah 25:11 ; Jeremiah 32:19...
Micah 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not withstanding — These promises of restitution, which took not place 'till more than two hundred years after.

Micah 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 7:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 7:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 7:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 7:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 7:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 7:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 7:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 7:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 7:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 7:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 7:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 7:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 7:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes