Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Micah 7:4
As a briar — Mischievous and hurtful. The day — The day in which they shall sound the alarm. Cometh — Surely, speedily, and unavoidably. Now — When that day is come.
As a briar — Mischievous and hurtful. The day — The day in which they shall sound the alarm. Cometh — Surely, speedily, and unavoidably. Now — When that day is come.
Verse Micah 7:4. _THE BEST OF THEM_ IS _AS A BRIER_] They are useless in themselves, and cannot be touched without _wounding_ him that comes in contact with them. He alludes to the _thick thorn hedges...
THE BEST OF THEM IS AS A BRIER - The gentlest of them is a thorn , strong, hard, piercing, which letteth nothing unresisting pass by but it taketh from it, “robbing the fleece, and wounding the sheep....
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...
THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6 :. the day [of punishment] foretold by thy watchmen....
Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
_The best of them is as a brier_ Comp. 2 Samuel 23:6 -and good-for-nothing men are all of them as thorns thrust away." -Thorns" are in the Bible symbols of sin and its effects, and of the temptations...
_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...
THE MOST UPRIGHT IS SHARPER THAN A THORN-HEDGE— Rauwolff tells us, that about Tripoli there are abundance of vineyards and fine gardens, inclosed for the most part with hedges; between which gardens,...
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...
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. THE BEST OF THEM IS AS A BRIER; THE...
THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN AND THY VISITATION] the day of GOD's visitation foretold by the prophets: cp. Isaiah 21:6. It will confound such men, since its principles are the opposite of theirs....
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...
The *vineyard in verse 1 refers to the nation called *Israel (Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalms 80:8-16). The fruit refers to good men and women. These are the ones that obey God’s *covenant. They obey God’s moral...
THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN — _i.e.,_ the time which thy prophets have foreseen, about which they have continually warned thee. “Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet....
טֹובָ֣ם כְּ חֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִ מְּסוּכָ֑ה יֹ֤ו
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...
The best of them [is] as (e) a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of (f) thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. (e) They that are of mo...
_Brier. Hebrew chedek, or "thorn." Septuagint, "a consuming moth." --- Inspection, or of thy chiefs (Haydock) and prophets. (Calmet)_...
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...
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 confirms what he had previously said, — that the land was so full of every kind of wickedness, that they who were deemed the best were yet thorns and briers, full of bitterness, or very sh...
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...
THE BEST OF THEM [IS] AS A BRIER,.... Good for nothing but for burning, very hurtful and mischievous, pricking and scratching those that have to do with them: THE MOST UPRIGHT IS SHARPER THAN A THORN...
The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. Ver. 4. _The best of them is as...
_That they may do evil with both hands_, &c. With all diligence; _earnestly_ Hebrew, להישׂיב, _to good it;_ that is, to do it thoroughly and effectually. “Their hands are bent on iniquity, to execute...
The best of them is as a brier, from which one may expect only evil and harm; THE MOST UPRIGHT, the one considered an example of virtue, IS SHARPER THAN A THORN HEDGE; THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN, the day...
THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
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...
THE BEST; among all naught, who is least naught passeth for best; and so must it be here, not one good, but the least evil man is by the prophet called the best. OF THEM; of people, prophets, judges,...
Micah 7:4 best H2896 brier H2312 upright H3477 hedge H4534 day H3117 watchman H6822 (H8764) punishment H6486 comes...
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:...
_The good man is perished out of the earth _ THE WAIL OF A TRUE PATRIOT OVER THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF HIS COUNTRY He bemoans-- I. The departure of excellence from his country. “The good man is perish...
GROW YOUR THORNS IN A HEDGE A thorn hedge. Micah 7:4. A thorn hedge! That is something we all know. They are as common as blackberries in England, and though the fields and roads in Scotland are bou...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:4 DAY OF YOUR WATCHMEN. Just as the lookout on the city wall warned of approaching danger, so Micah announced the approaching judgment (compare Ezekiel 3:
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 7:3. EVIL] Lit. Their hands are for evil, that they may do it _earnestly, i.e._ well, cleverly. GREAT] man. HE] Emphatic, expresses _desire_, lit. _the_ lust of his soul. THEY]...
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)...
2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Samuel 23:7; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 12:23; Ezekiel 12:24;...