In that day — After the return out of captivity. He — He who is of Jewish race. To thee — O Jerusalem. The fortified cities — In which many Jews were kept for servile works. To the river — To Euphrates. To sea — From the Caspian to the Persian and to the Midland sea. From mountain — That is, from all parts of their captivity, they shall return to their own country.
Verse Micah 7:12. IN _THAT DAY_ ALSO _HE SHALL COME_] Bp. _Newcome_ translates: - "And in that day they shall come unto thee From Assyria and the fenced cities; And from Egypt even unto the river....
On this confession of unworthiness and trust the message of joy bursts in, with the abruptness and conciseness of Hosea or Nahum: A day to build thy fences; (that is, cometh;) That day, far shall be...
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...
ISRAEL'S CONFESSION OF FAITH. This undoubtedly post-exilic utterance of Israel's confidence _in._ Yahweh's delivering intervention falls into three portions, probably once distinct, viz. Micah 7:7 (th...
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...
Comp. the extent of the dispersion as described in Isaiah 11:11. _He shall come even to thee_ Rather, MEN SHALL COME TO THEE. It is a promise of the conversion of the heathen to the true religion. _a...
_ISRAEL TURNED BACK TO GOD -- MICAH 7:8-13:_ The nation of Israel had fallen exceedingly low. After a time of repentance and spiritual growth God would raise them up again. Things might have been dark...
IN THAT DAY, &C.— _That day shall bring thine enemies, as from Assyria, so also from Egypt; as from Egypt, so also from the river,_ &c. The Roman forces came against the Jews, both from Egypt, and fro...
THE PROPHET LOOKS TO GOD. Micah 7:7-13 RV. But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I s...
In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. IN THAT DAY ALS...
7:12 Egypt, (b-15) Egypt (b-18) _ Matsor_ . Isaiah 19:6 . river, (c-21) i.e. the Euphrates....
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...
RV 'In that day shall they come unto thee, from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River,' i.e. Euphrates. FROM SEA TO SEA is not meant of any specific sea: rather the exiles...
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 has spoken about his belief in God. He now speaks a message about hope. This part of the song has two sections. First, the other nations will enter inside the walls of Jerusalem (verses 11-12)....
IN THAT DAY ALSO HE SHALL COME. — Rather translate, _In that day shall they_ (_impersonal_)_ come even to thee from Assyria and_ (_from_)_ the cities of Matzor_ (_i.e., Egypt_)_, and from Matzor even...
יֹ֥ום הוּא֙ וְ עָדֶ֣יךָ יָבֹ֔וא לְ מִנִּ֥י
OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS Micah 7:7 AFTER so stern a charge, so condign a sentence, confession is natural, and, with prayer for forgiveness and praise to the mercy of God, it fitly closes the whole book....
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...
[In] that day [also] he shall come even to thee from (l) Assyria, and [from] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain. (l) W...
_Fortified. Hebrew also, "Egypt, and from Egypt to the river Euphrates," &c. The Jews shall occupy their ancient limits, Amos viii. 12. (Calmet) --- The fenced cities may be Pelusium, Gaza, Tyre, &c....
Reader! it is truly blessed when a child of God can thus look at every foe and triumph in Christ. Times of darkness are times for faith to be in lively exercise. It is of no real consequence in what s...
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...
He afterwards adds, _In that day also to thee shall they come from Asshur. _There is some obscurity in the words; hence interpreters have regarded different words as being understood: but to me the me...
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...
[IN] THAT DAY [ALSO] HE SHALL COME EVEN TO THEE,.... Which words also are not directed to the enemy, as some interpret them; as to Chaldea or Babylon; and the sense be, that Cyrus should come thither,...
Micah 7:12 [In] that day [also] he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and [from] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain....
_Then she that is mine enemy_ Namely, the Chaldean nation. _Which said unto me_, (namely, when she held me captive,) _Where is the Lord thy God?_ Where is now Jehovah, whom thou worshippest, and sayes...
In that day also He shall come even to thee, the restored Zion, FROM ASSYRIA AND FROM THE FORTIFIED CITIES, from the cities of Egypt, AND FROM THE FORTRESS, namely, Egypt, EVEN TO THE RIVER, the Euphr...
THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
FROM: Or, even to...
8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badne...
IN THAT DAY, after the Jews return out of captivity, and Jerusalem rebuilt, he who is of Jewish race, and proselyted Gentile, SHALL COME EVEN TO THEE, O Jerusalem, seat of God's solemn worship, type o...
Micah 7:12 day H3117 come H935 (H8799) Assyria H804 fortified H4693 cities H5892 fortress H4693 River H5104 sea...
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:...
_In the day that thy walls are to be built _ THE GOOD TIME COMING I. It will be a time for rebuilding the ruined. “In the day that thy walls are to be built.” The walls of Jerusalem are referred to-...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:11 Three activities of the future DAY bind these verses together. (1) BUILDING... WALLS. The enemy “now trampled” (v. Mi
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 7:11.] This confidence rises. DAY] Fences will be built up. DECREE] The law imposed upon Israel by heathens, some; others, the decree of God for her captivity. MICAH 7:12. THAT...
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)...
Ezekiel 29:21; Ezekiel 37:21; Hosea 11:11; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 19