Figs, which are the worst. (St. Jerome; St. Ambrose in Luke vii. 3.) Yet they were eagerly sought after, before the other figs came to maturity. They had escaped the rigours of winter. Such Christ (Calmet) seemed to expect, Mark xi. 13.
CHAPTER VII _The prophet begins this chapter with lamenting the decay of_ _piety and the growth of ungodliness, using a beautiful allegory_ _to imply_ (_as explained in_ Micah 7:2) that the good m...
WOE - o is me! for I am, as when they have gathered the summer fruits , as the grape-gleanings of the vintage “The vineyard of the Lord of hosts,” Isaiah said at the same time, “is the house of Israel...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The prophet's complaint (Micah 7:1) _ 2. Confession, prayer and thanksgiving (Micah 7:7) Micah 7:1. It is the prophet's voice complaining over the conditions of the people. But he is...
CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION, AND DISLOYALTY. This passage is distinct from the preceding, though the same introductory remark applies to it; in tone, however, it seems to come nearer to certain...
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
_Woe is me_ The speaker in Micah 7:1, or at any rate in Micah 7:1, is not the prophet, but the true Israel, i.e. Israel within Israel, personified. He is like a garden at the time of the fruit-harvest...
_ISRAEL WAS VERY CORRUPT -- MICAH 7:1-7:_ The people of Israel were incredibly wicked, but Micah still had strong confidence in God. He was dreadfully sad with the conduct of God's people. He describe...
FOR I AM AS WHEN THEY HAVE GATHERED— _For I am like to those who are about to gather the summer fruits, and to him who is about to pluck the vintage: there are no grapes which I can eat, nor first-fru...
MICAH LONGS FOR GODLINESS. Micah 7:1-6 RV. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the fir...
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. I AM AS WHEN THEY HAVE GATHE...
7:1 desired. (f-34) Or 'my soul desired an early fig.'...
DESIRED THE FIRSTRIPE FRUIT] RV 'desireth the firstripe fig,' which, now the harvest is past, is gone. The righteous (the early figs) have been gleaned out of the city. 2. Cp. Isaiah 57:1. Both passa...
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). The rulers misuse their position for their sel...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 7 In this chapter, Micah continues to describe the situation in Jerusalem. But in his vision (dream), Micah seems to...
Micah had spoken to the people that ‘lie on their beds’. They ‘make their evil plans’ there (Micah 2:1). He had spoken about the awful things that would happen. Now these terrible things will soon hap...
VII. (1) WOE IS ME! — Micah gives here a fearful picture of the demoralised state of society in Judah which had called down the vengeance of God. As the early fig gathered in June is eagerly sought f...
אַ֣לְלַי לִ֗י כִּ֤י הָיִ֨יתִי֙ כְּ אָסְפֵּי ־
THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the condition of society which it describ...
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 with b...
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, e...
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the (a) summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. (a) The Prophet takes up...
Here is a sad complaint of the Prophet concerning the times in which he lived. Like another Elijah, he was inclined to think that faith was lost in the earth. 1 Kings 19:10. He compares his state to t...
CONTENTS The Prophet laments his solitary situation as a child of God. He takes comfort in the view of his rich consolation in the Lord. He closeth the Chapter in words of admiration at the free and...
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 meaning of the first verse is somewhat doubtful: some refer what the Prophet says to punishment; and others to the wickedness of the people. The first think that the calamity, with which the Lord...
In chapter 7 the prophet takes the place of intercessor before God, in the name of the people-presenting to Him at once their deep misery and their iniquities [1] -speaking in their name, and identify...
WOE IS ME!.... Alas for me unhappy man that I am, to live in such an age, and among such a people, as I do! this the prophet says in his own name, or in the name of the church and people of God in his...
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. Ver. 1. _Woe is me, for I am...
_Wo is me_, &c. Judea, or rather the prophet himself, is here introduced as complaining, that though good men once abounded in the land, there were now few or none to be found. _I am as when they have...
THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
Woe is me! so the prophet calls out in the name of the congregation, for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as when a few lonely stalks are left in the harvest-field, AS THE GRAPE-GLEA...
SUMMER FRUITS: _ Heb._ the gatherings of summer...
1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their ne...
MICAH CHAPTER 7 The church, complaining of the scarcity of good men, MICAH 7:1,2, and the general corruption, MICAH 7:3,4, putteth not confidence in man, but in God, MICAH 7:5. She triumpheth in hopes...
Micah 7:1 Woe H480 gather H625 fruits H7019 glean H5955 vintage H1210 grapes H5955 cluster H811 eat H398 ...
MICAH (OR THE RIGHTEOUS OF ISRAEL) BEWAILS THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE (MICAH 7:1). Micah (or the righteous of Israel whom he represents) now describe(s) the dreadful moral condition of his own peopl...
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 gathered t...
CONTENTS: Israel's sad present condition. The voice of the remnant in the last days. CHARACTERS: God, Micah. CONCLUSION: When a child of God has much occasion to cry «Woe is me» when it seems that a...
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 enemy:...
There is no cluster to eat THE UNREVIVED CHURCH The picture before the eye of the prophet is that of famine in the midst of plenty, want in time of harvest, sterility amid summer fruits, soul fasting...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:1 SUMMER FRUIT HAS BEEN GATHERED... GRAPES HAVE BEEN GLEANED.... THE GODLY HAS PERISHED. In gleaning the fields of the summer harvest, one expects to find leftovers. Micah’s sear...
CRITICAL NOTES. The Church now mourns itself, and confesses that its condition is like a vintage after gleaning. NO CLUSTER] to be found. RIPE FRUIT] of excellent flavour chiefly desired. MICAH 7:2. G...
EXPOSITION MICAH 7:1 § 5. _Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption._ MICAH 7:1 WOE IS ME! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he repre
The prophet said, Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desires the first ripe fruit (Micah 7:1)...
Hosea 9:10; Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13; Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 28:4;...
Woe is me — The land is brought in complaining, that whereas it was once well stored, now it hath few good in it. As the grape — gleanings — In Israel and Judah, which in bringing forth good men, shou...