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Verse Micah 1:5. _WHAT_ IS _THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB?_] Is it not
something extremely grievous? Is it not that of _Samaria_? Samaria and
Jerusalem, the chief cities, are infected with _idolatry_. E...
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FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB IS ALL THIS - Not for any change of
purpose in God; nor, again, as the effect of man’s lust of conquest.
None could have any power against God’s people, unless it had be...
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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...
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THE JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL. The nations of the earth are summoned to take
warning from the Divine judgment to be executed on Israel. Yahweh
comes forth from heaven (His holy temple; _cf._ Habakkuk 2:20; I...
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The cause of this awful manifestation the sin of Samaria and
Jerusalem.
_Jacob_ A poetic synonym for Israel. The term has a slightly different
meaning in the two halves of the verse. In the first, it...
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_THE LORD'S WORD CONCERNING JACOB -- MICAH 1:5-7:_ God's judgment was
coming because "of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of
Jacob. Samaria had led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerus...
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WHAT IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB?— _Who_ [_makes_] _transgression
in Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And who the high-places of Judah? Is it
not Jerusalem?_ But Houbigant prefers the translation of the LX...
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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 hi...
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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
Jerusal...
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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...
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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...
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Micah accuses ‘Jacob’ (the northern nation from Jacob’s family)
and he accuses *Israel (all *Israel). He accuses them about *sin. The
people have not obeyed the *covenant that God made with *Israel. T...
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THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB... THE SINS OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. — The
corruption of the country came from the capital cities. Samaria, on
her hill, set an example of idolatry, drunkenness, and all the...
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בְּ פֶ֤שַׁע יַֽעֲקֹב֙ כָּל ־זֹ֔את וּ
בְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 (d)
Samaria? and what [are] the high (e) places of Judah? [are...
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_Jerusalem. High places were left there under Joathan, 4 Kings xv. 35.
Achab had introduced the worship of Baal into Samaria, and though the
family of Jehu repressed this worship, it gained ground whe...
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There is a great sameness between the writings of Isaiah and Micah;
their vision opens much alike, only Micah's vision is concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem; and Isaiah's of Judah and Jerusalem. Samaria...
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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...
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The Prophet teaches, in this verse, that God is not angry for nothing;
though when he appears rigid, men expostulate with him, and clamor as
though he were cruel. That men may, therefore, acknowledge...
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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...
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FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB [IS] ALL THIS, AND FOR THE SINS OF THE
HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... All this evil, all these calamities and
judgments, signified by the above metaphorical phrases, these did not...
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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] no...
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_For the transgression of Jacob_ That is, of the sons of Jacob; for
the many transgressions committed among them; _is all this_ All these
many, great, and irresistible judgments of God foretold and ex...
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For the transgression of Jacob is all this, as a due recompense for
the wickedness of the covenant people, AND FOR THE SINS OF THE HOUSE
OF ISRAEL. WHAT IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF JACOB? IS IT NOT SAMARI...
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EPHRAIM'S DESTRUCTION THREATENED...
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1-7 The earth is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the
prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither
men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree,...
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FOR THE TRANSGRESSION; the singular for the plural, the many
transgressions committed amongst them; but especially that flood of
iniquity which, springing up in Samaria, did overflow the whole
kingdom...
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Micah 1:5 transgression H6588 Jacob H3290 sins H2403 house H1004
Israel H3478 transgression H6588 Jacob H3290 Samaria H8111
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YHWH DECLARES HIS VERDICT ON SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM (MICAH 1:1).
The chapter opens with a declaration of YHWH's sovereign power as
Creator, and of His interest in the affairs of Judah and Israel, whic...
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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...
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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...
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_For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place _
GOD’S PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO SIN
This is a highly figurative and sublime representation of the Almighty
in His retributive work, especially in rela...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:2 The Announcement of Judgment on Israel and
Judah. The first major section describes (1) God’s punishment of
Samaria and Judah (Micah 1:2); (2) abuses and abuse
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:5 JACOB... HOUSE OF ISRAEL. The whole nation
will be judged (Micah 2:12; Micah 3:1,...
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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 jud...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:13
Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WITH
PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE.
MICAH 1:1
The...
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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...
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1 Kings 13:32; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2
Chronicles 28:23;...
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Jacob — The sons of Jacob, the ten tribes. What — Or, who is the
spring, and cause of that overflowing transgression? Of Jacob — The
kingdom of the ten tribes, the head of which was Samaria, where the...