Give presents — The inhabitants of Lachish courted the assistance of the Philistines against the Assyrian. Moresheth — gath — A known city of the Philistines, called Moresheth — gath, to distinguish it from a town of the same name in the tribe of Judah. Achzib — This was also a city of the Philistines. A lie — A lying refuge, a prop that will break under them.
Verse Micah 1:14. _GIVE PRESENTS TO MORESHETH-GATH_] _Calmet_ says that _Moresa_ or _Morashti_, and _Achzib_, were cities not far from Gath. It is possible that when Ahaz found himself pressed by _Pe...
THEREFORE SHALT THOU GIVE - (bridal) presents to Moresheth Gath Therefore! since Judah had so become a partaker of Israel’s sins, she had broken the covenant, whereby God had given her the land of the...
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...
THE DIRGE ON ISRAEL'S DOWNFALL. This is a difficult and corrupt passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impossi...
GIVE PRESENTS TO. give up possessions at. ACHZIB... A LIE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia,_. the houses of False-town (_'Akzib)_ shall prove false (_iakzab)._ ACHZIB. Now _es Zib_ (Joshua 15:...
_Therefore_ There is no logical sequence implied: -therefore" often introduces a threatening passage sin leading to punishment. The prophet abruptly turns to the people of Judah. _shalt thou give pres...
_GOD'S NATURE DEMANDS ANGER AGAINST SIN -- MICAH 1:13-16:_ God said, "Get the war chariots ready, you people of Lachish. You led Jerusalem into sin, just as Israel did." Lachish was a strong city abou...
THEREFORE SHALT THOU GIVE PRESENTS— _Therefore shalt thou send presents against Mareshah to Gath the house of a lie, that thou mayest deceive the kings of Israel._ Lachish and Mareshah were two cities...
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. THEREFORE SHALT THOU GIVE PRESENTS TO MORESHETH-GATH - that its inhabitants may send...
1:14 Moresheth-Gath. (k-7) Possession of Gath. Achzib (l-11) Lying....
PRESENTS] RV 'a parting gift,' the marriage portion of a bride: cp. 1 Kings 9:16. Judah shall be obliged to relinquish Moreshethgath ('the possession of Gath'), once her possession, to the conqueror....
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...
In this message, the *Assyrians have defeated the people in Lachish. So the king must now pay money as gifts to the *Assyrians. Achzib is now under the *Assyrians’ control. Therefore, Judah’s rulers c...
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...
GIVE PRESENTS — _i.e.,_ thou shalt cease to give to Moresheth-gath the protection due from a husband to a wife: thou shalt give her a bill of divorce. The Hebrew word means either the presents sent _w...
לָכֵן֙ תִּתְּנִ֣י שִׁלּוּחִ֔ים עַ֖ל מֹורֶ֣שֶׁת גַּ֑ת בָּתֵּ֤י...
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...
Therefore shalt thou give presents to (p) Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel. (p) You will bribe the Philistines your neighbours, but they will deceive you, a...
Send. Lachis shall send to Geth for help; but in vain: for Geth, instead of helping, shall be found to be a house of lying and deceit to Israel. (Challoner) --- Inheritance. Some translate rather "Mor...
I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring nation...
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...
Here the Prophet alludes to another thing, — that they would attempt to pacify their enemies with gifts, and would try to redeem themselves and their neighbors. But the Prophet expressly mentions this...
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...
THEREFORE SHALT THOU GIVE PRESENTS TO MORESHETHGATH,.... Since Lachish was the cause of leading Judah into idolatry, and was a city so very wicked; therefore it should be reduced to such distress as t...
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel. Ver. 14. _Therefore shalt thou give presents, &c._] And so seek to make thee friends...
_O thou inhabitant of Lachish_ This was a strong fortress in the tribe of Judah: see Joshua 15:39. _Bind the chariot to the swift beast_ In order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one of...
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath (the betrothed of Gath), the daughter of Zion being obliged to dismiss or release this city to the enemy, like the gift of a marriage portion; THE...
Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
TO: Or, for ACHZIB: That is, a lie...
8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as...
THEREFORE; forasmuch as thou hast imitated Israel in sin, and been at least an occasion to Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah to commit the same sins. SHALT THOU, Lachish, GIVE PRESENTS: though I do n...
Micah 1:14 give H5414 (H8799) presents H7964 Gath H4182 houses H1004 Achzib H392 lie H391 kings H4428 Israel...
A LAMENT FOR THE CITIES OF JUDAH (MICAH 1:10). These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating Philistia, and they illuminat...
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...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:10 The names of the towns and the words describing the disasters sound alike. Micah uses wordplay to reveal the various disasters Judah will face when its towns are captured by t...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:14 MORESHETH-GATH. The name is associated with the phrase “one who is betrothed” (Deuteronomy 22:23). Assyria will receive a dowry (that is,...
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 sai...
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 16:1; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Samuel 8:2;...