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

“ Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. ”

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

Therefore - (And,) when all these things come to pass and all human help fails, “I”, for my part, “will look unto”, (literally, “on”) “the Lord” God, the Unchangeable. The prophet sets himself, I...
Micah 7:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore (g) I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (g) The Prophet shows that the only remedy for the godly in desperate evils, is to flee to God...
Micah 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. See the Structure. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Micah 7:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet points out here the only remedy, to preserve the faithful from being led away by bad examples and that is, to fix their eyes on God, and to believe that he will be their deliverer....
Micah 7:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1214 PRAYER OUR GREAT PRESERVATIVE Micah 7:7 . I will look unto the Lord; 1 will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me . IF we mark the discriminating character of th...
Micah 7:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Therefore I will look unto the Lord - Because things are so, I will trust in the Lord more firmly, w...
Micah 7:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore I will look unto the Lord— The same divine Person, says Houbigant, goes on to speak, who said in the Gospel, A man's enemies are those of his own household; and who clearly foretels her...
Micah 7:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Therefore I will look unto the Lord - as if no one else were before mine eyes. I will wai...
Micah 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore I will look unto the Lord. — Because of all this gloom which has settled upon the earth, I, for my part, will lift up mine eyes to the everlasting hills, whereon rests the light of Jehova...
Micah 7:7 - 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 7:7 - 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 7:7 - 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 7:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is an uncommon degree of beauty as well as godliness in what the Prophet here saith. And it is truly blessed, when from the little dependence that we can find in men, we look unto the Lord. Oh!...
Micah 7:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore I will look unto the Lord ,.... Here the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, declares what he would do in such circumstances, since there was no dependence on men of any...
Micah 7:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Ver. 7. Therefore will I look unto the Lord ] "Therefore," inasmuch as there is no faith nor fa...
Micah 7:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Therefore, since times are so calamitous, and all sorts of men are so perfidious, since no sure comfort or relief from those that are nearest relations, and should be dearest friends, I will look;...
Micah 7:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous of Israel Are However Confident That In All This YHWH Will Be With Them And Will Sustain Them While Their Enemy Will Be Confounded ( Micah 7:7-10 ). The words that follow clearly ref...
Micah 7:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Micah 7:7 .] Having no hope from man, the prophet looks to God, and speaks in the name of the Church. Salv.] i.e. from whom all help comes. Micah 7:8 . Rejoice] The en...
Micah 7:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Therefore ( Micah 7:7-20 ) is, primarily, the confession and intercession of the prophet, who identifies himself with Israel. Compare ( Daniel 9:3-19 ). Intercession was a test of the pr...
Micah 7:7 - 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 7:7 - 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 7:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will look unto the Lord (taken with Isaiah 66:2 ) The two looks Man is a creature requiring help. Where is he to look? I. Man’s look. 1. Personal--“I.” Whatever it may cost, whoeve...
Micah 7:7 - 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 7:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

1 John 5:14 ; 1 John 5:15 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Habakkuk 3:17-19 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 25:9 ; Isaiah 45:22 ; Isaiah 8:17 ; Lamentations 3:25 ; Lamentations 3:26 ; Luke 2:25-32 ; Luke 6:11 ;...
Micah 7:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore — Since all sorts of men are so perfidious. Look — As one set in a watch — tower looks round about, and diligently observes all that stirs, so will the prophet; so did they who in Israel...

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

Micah 7:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Micah 7:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Micah 7:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

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

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

Micah 7:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Micah 7:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Micah 7:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 7:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

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

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

Micah 7:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 7:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Micah 7:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 7:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes