INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. Not the same word as in Micah 3:10. Note the incrimination in verses: Micah 2:1; Micah 2:2. See the Structure, p. 1253. WORK. plan. EVIL. wickedness. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. IS. exists. Hebrew. _yesh._ See note on Proverbs 8:21. IN THE POWER OF THEIR HAND.. Pen... [ Continue Reading ]
COVET FIELDS. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:4.Deuteronomy 5:21; Deuteronomy 5:21). App-92. THEY OPPRESS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:13, where the words are the same). App-92. MAN. a human being Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. EVEN. So in some codices, with four early printed editio... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THIS FAMILY. Compare Amos 3:1. I DEVISE. The contrast to Micah 2:1. EVIL. calamity Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE UP. PARABLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:7; Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 24:20; Numbers 24:23). Twice in Job (Job 27:1; Job 29:1); once in Isaiah (Isaiah 14:4); once in Habakkuk ... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST. CORD BY LOT. Referring to the custom, by which, round every village in Palestine, the land was divided by lot every year to the various families; hence, the expression in Psalms 16:6, "cord" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the portion of land marked out by it. I... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHESY. Do not sputter. SAY THEY TO THEM THAT PROPHESY. so they sputter. THEY SHALL NOT PROPHESY. Not the usual word for prophesy, but Hebrew. _nataph._ THEY: i.e. these false prophets. THEM. as to these things: i.e. these doings of Jehovah. THAT, &C. Supply, "[saying], must He put away these... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. IS THE SPIRIT, &C. ? Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23, the same word). App-92. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. DO NOT. are not? MY. Septuagint reads "His", as in preceding clause: or. are not My words pleasant ... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN OF LATE. Only yesterday, or recently: this highway robbery was. new and recent evil.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER: i.e. not to be restored for the rest of their lives.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE YE, &C. Usually misquoted in. good sense; but the Structure shows it to be part of the lamentation (p. 1253). THIS. this [land]. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:9). App-92. IT: i.e. this [land]. IT IS POLLUTED. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:27; Leviticus 18:28, the same word... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar._ App-27. PROPHET. sputterer; as in Micah 2:6. Literally dropper [of words].... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL, &C. See the Structure, p. 1253. ISRAEL. See note on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. OF BOZRAH: or, with Septuagint, in tribulation. The member (verses: Micah 2:12; Micah 2:13) does not speak of mercy, but of judgment, corresponding with the member (Micah 1:2). Not... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BREAKER. One making. breach. The Assyrian. Hebrew. _paratz,_ as in Exodus 19:22; Exodus 19:24; 2 Samuel 5:20. 1Ch 14:11. 1 Chronicles 15:13. Generally in. bad sense. BROKEN UP. broken in. GONE OUT. gone forth... [into captivity]. SHALL PASS. hath passed through. ON. at: for it is Jehovah's j... [ Continue Reading ]