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. From age to age the Word of God holds its course, ever receiving new fulfilments, never dying out, unt... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 1:3. TREAD upon the proud and idolatrous (high places) people, as Ruler over all the earth. MICAH 1:4.] Imagery from storms and earthquakes, to describe the terrors of God’s judgments (Psalms 18:8). The similes, “like wax.” (as in Psalms 68:3), and “like water,” are intended... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 1:10.] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10 to depict what would happen in them. In most cases the things said of each city are a play upon the name of that city, a method of writing well adapted to impress t... [ Continue Reading ]