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Micah 7:1 open_in_new
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Micah 7:2 open_in_new
good. gracious.
men. mankind. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
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Micah 7:3 open_in_new
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
asketh. asketh [for. reward]. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 16:19). App-92. Compare Micah 3:11.Hosea 4:18.
the judge asketh. the judge [judgeth], &c. Figure of speech complex Ellipsis. Compare Micah 3:11.Isaiah 1:23.
reward. bribe.
his mischievous desire. the mischief of his soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Compare Micah 3:9-11.
they: i.e. the prince and the judge.
wrap it up. weave it together. Occurs only here.
it. Hebrew suffix is feminine, so we must supply. feminine noun: e.g. zimmah = wicked purpose, or mischievous device. Isaiah 32:7.
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Micah 7:4 open_in_new
the day of thy watchmen. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 :. the day [of punishment] foretold by thy watchmen.
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Micah 7:5 open_in_new
Trust ye not. Put ye no faith in. Hebrew. 'aman. See App-69.
put ye not confidence in. Hebrew. batah. See App-69. So the Western Massorites. The Eastern, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "neither put", &c. Quoted in Matthew 10:35; Matthew 10:36; Luke 12:53.
doors. entrances, or openings.
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Micah 7:6 open_in_new
dishonoureth, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:12.Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 5:16). App-92.
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14.Micah 7:6; Micah 7:6 does not end "abruptly", nor does there "yawn. century". Micah 7:7 gives the true remedy in contrast with the vain remedies of verses: Micah 7:5; Micah 7:6.
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Micah 7:7 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. See the Structure.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Micah 7:8 open_in_new
when. fall: i.e. into calamity; not into sin. Literally. have fallen,. have arisen; though. should sit in darkness, Jehovah, &c.
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Micah 7:9 open_in_new
indignation. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment which was the result of it.
sinned. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
behold. look unto.
His righteousness: i.e. His righteous vindication.
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Micah 7:10 open_in_new
Then she, &c. So shall she [who had been] mine enemy: i.e. Assyria (in Micah 7:12).
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Micah 7:11 open_in_new
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 distant: i.e. extended. See the Oxford Gesenius, p. 935. Hebrew. rachak, as in Isaiah 26:15. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), yir'chok.
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Micah 7:12 open_in_new
he. one. But. special various reading called Sevir (App-34), reads "they": i.e. thine exiles. come. come home; as in 1 Samuel 11:5.Psalms 45:15.Proverbs 2:10, or, into blessing; as in Psalms 69:27. Nothing has "fallen out" of the text!
Assyria. See the "enemy", Micah 7:10.
the fortified cities. the cities of Matzor (i.e. the fortress) put for Egypt. Compare Isaiah 19:6. Isa 19:37.
the river. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6, for the Euphrates. Also the Figure of speech Antonomasia.
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Micah 7:13 open_in_new
Notwithstanding: i.e. But first, or before this.
the land, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:33, the same word).
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Micah 7:14 open_in_new
Feed, &c. Note here, the prayer of Micah. Supply the Ellip sis: "[Then Micah prayed, and said:. Jehovah] Feed Thy People", &c.
Feed. shepherd Thou (masc).
rod. Hebrew. shebet, as in Micah 5:1. not as in Micah 6:9. Here it is the token of rule.
which dwell, &c.. dwell thou (feminine): i.e. the "flock". Hebrew. tz'on (com. gender).
solitarily. alone. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 33:28). App-92.
as in the days of old. as in the age-past times: so shall be the yet future day of Israel's consolation; not Micah's day, when Israel was in possession of Bashan, &c. No ground, therefore, for dating this prayer in "the latest period of Israel's history, the days of Haggai and Zechariah", as alleged.
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Micah 7:15 open_in_new
According, &c. Verses 15-17 are Jehovah's answer as to the subjugation of Israel's enemies. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Micah 6:4. App-92. Not the continuation of Micah's prayer.
will. shew unto him. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:10).
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Micah 7:17 open_in_new
lick the dust. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in Genesis 3:14. Compare Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23.
move. come quaking.
holes. fastnesses. Hebrew. misgereth.
worms. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:24, the same word). Occurs only in these two places.
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Micah 7:18 open_in_new
pardoneth iniquity. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:7).
iniquity. perverseness. Hebrew. 'avah..
mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.
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Micah 7:19 open_in_new
will turn again. Compare Hosea 14:8.
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Micah 7:20 open_in_new
Thou wilt perform, &c. Quoted in Luke 1:72; Luke 1:73.
sworn unto our fathers. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24. &c.) App-92. See Psalms 105:9; Psalms 105:10; Psalms 105:42,