CHAPTER V SUPERSCRIPTION. Micah 1:1 RV. The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. LXX. And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Moraschi, in the days of Joatham, and Ach... [ Continue Reading ]
A CALL TO HARKEN. Micah 1:2-4 RV. Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the ea... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OCCASION OF THE WRATH. Micah 1:5 RV. For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? LXX. All these calamities are for the transgression of... [ Continue Reading ]
SAMARIA TO BE DESTROYED. Micah 1:6-11 RV. Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof. And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her... [ Continue Reading ]