George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Micah 1:1
Morasthite, "of Maresa," (Chaldean; chap. i. 14.; Calmet) a village near Eleutheropolis. (St. Jerome) --- Kings. They reigned about sixty years. (Calmet)
Morasthite, "of Maresa," (Chaldean; chap. i. 14.; Calmet) a village near Eleutheropolis. (St. Jerome) --- Kings. They reigned about sixty years. (Calmet)
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET MICAH _Chronological Notes relative to this Book_ -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3254. -Year of the Julian Period, 3964. -Year since the Flood, 159...
THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO MICAH ... WHICH HE SAW - No two of the prophets authenticate their prophecy in exactly the same way. They, one and all, have the same simple statement to make, that t...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATION THE FIRST PROPHETIC MESSAGE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Micah 1:1) _ 2. Judgment announced (Micah 1:2) 3. The destruction of Samaria (Micah 1:6) 4. The lamentation o...
MICAH 1:1. The (editorial) SUPERSCRIPTION to the prophecy (Mica 1- 3) of Micah of Moresheth-Gath (Micah 1:14) assigns it to the period 739- 693, but, as stated in the Introduction, the date is probabl...
THE WORD OF THE LORD. The only occurrence of this expression in this book: bidding us to receive it from Jehovah, not Micah, and to note Micah's pen but Jehovah's words. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._...
Heading (see Introduction) 1. _Micah the Morasthite_ i.e. Micah of Moresheth-gath (see Micah 1:14). _which he saw_ To -see" is a very early and very natural synonym for -to prophesy;" -he that is now...
_THE LORD'S WORD CONCERNING SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM -- MICAH 1:1-4:_ Micah's message came by revelation of God. It was given to him when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah. It was a mess...
CHAPTER V SUPERSCRIPTION. Micah 1:1 RV. The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem....
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. IN THE DAYS OF JOTHAM. The kings of...
1:1 (b-0) (The title of this Book, 'Micah'), Meaning, Who is like Jah? see ch. 7.18; Psalms 68:4 ....
MICAH] A shortened form of Micaiah, 'who is like Jehovah.' MORASTHITE] native of Moreshethgath: cp. Micah 1:14. WHICH HE SAW] The revelation was made to his inward eye: cp. 1 Samuel 9:9....
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, announces a l...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF MICAH ‘_People, the *LORD told you what goodness is. This is what the *LORD wants you to do. Be fair to ot...
This description emphasises that Micah’s message came from God. It was ‘the *LORD’s message’. It was not ‘the *prophet’s message’. (Look at Isaiah 1:1-2; Jeremiah 1:1-2; Amos 1:1-3.) This message ‘cam...
MICAH THE MORASTHITE. — Unlike Joel, who identifies himself by his father’s name, Micah introduces his personality with reference to his native village, Moresheth-gath, which was situated in the lowla...
דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל ־מִיכָה֙...
MICAH THE MORASTHITE Micah 1:1 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 the dest...
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 _summons the n...
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 proph...
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the (a) Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. The Argument - Micah the prophet...
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. Samaria...
CONTENTS The Prophet opens his commission with a very sorrowful tale. Israel and Judah are under the Lord's displeasure, and therefore Micah speaks of nothing but desolation....
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to Israel, and so far with...
_THE PROPHET MICAH_ ‘Micah the Morasthite.’ Micah 1:1 When the ministry of the courtly and cultured Isaiah was about half over, there appeared in Judah another prophet of a very different type, Mic...
This inscription, in the first place, shows the time in which Micah lived, and during which God employed his labors. And this deserves to be noticed: for at this day his sermons would be useless, or a...
The Lord speaks in this book from His temple, and addresses all the peoples-the whole earth. That is to say, He takes His place upon His earthly throne to judge the whole earth, in testimony against a...
THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO MICAH THE MORASTHITE,.... So called, either from Mareshah, mentioned Micah 1:15; and was a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:44; as the Targum, Jarchi, Kimchi, an...
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord, &c._]...
_In the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah_ Micah is thought to have prophesied about sixteen years in Jotham's time, as many under Ahaz, and fourteen under Hezekiah: in all, forty-six years. And he s...
EPHRAIM'S DESTRUCTION THREATENED...
The word of the Lord that came to Micah, the Morasthite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem, the two capitals being named as repre...
1-7 The earth is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree,...
MICAH CHAPTER 1 The time when Micah prophesied, MICAH 1:1 . Micah showeth the wrath of God against Israel and Judah for idolatry, MICAH 1:2 A lamentation for them, MICAH 1:10 . THE WORD OF THE LORD T...
Micah 1:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 Micah H4318 Moresheth H4183 days H3117 Jotham H3147 Ahaz H271 Hezekiah H3169 kings...
YHWH DECLARES HIS VERDICT ON SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM (MICAH 1:1). The chapter opens with a declaration of YHWH's sovereign power as Creator, and of His interest in the affairs of Judah and Israel, whic...
THEREFORE In (Micah 1:6), the Assyrian invasion is described. Compare (2 Kings 17:1). This is the local circumstance which gives rise to the prophecy of the greater invasion in the last days. (Mica...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's case against Israel. Impending judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Micah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: There comes a time when men who have persisted in sin must face ruin without...
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 Kings 2...
_The Word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite _ DIVINE REVELATION I. It is the word of the lord. What is a word? 1. A mind manifesting power. In his word a true man manifests himself, his...
MICAH 1:1 Superscription. Rather than being identified by his father or family (compare Joel 1:1; Jonah 1:1), this prophet is identified by a location, “Micah of Mor
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 1:2. HEAR] Lit. Hear, ye peoples all of them “Some 140 or 150 years had flowed by since Micaiah, son of Imlah, had closed his prophecy in these words. Now they burst out anew. Fr...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:13 Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WITH PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE. MICAH 1:1 The...
Shall we turn now to the book of Micah. As is the very typical opening of most of the books of the prophets, The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and He...
2 Chronicles 32:33; Amos 1:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 3:1; Amos 3:2;...
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF MICAH _ Micah_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of Micah is a most interesting and instructive study concerning one of God's greatest men. 1: THE KEY TO MICAH'S UNUSUAL GIFTS (Mica...
Hezekiah — The best son, of the worst father. How long Micah prophesied during his reign, we can but conjecture, possibly 'till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah. So this prophet may be supposed to have...