IN THE LAST DAYS. at the end of the days. Here we are carried forward to. yet future day. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:1, the same phrase. Numbers 24:14). App-92. Compare Isaiah 2:2, &c. Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:16; Hosea 3:5 THE MOUNTAIN, &C. Compare Micah 3:12. and see Isaiah 2:2. Both prop... [ Continue Reading ]
COME. go. COME. Come ye. THE GOD OF JACOB. See notes on Psalms 20:1. GOD. Heb Elohim. App-4. THE LAW. As contained in the Pentateuch. App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL JUDGE. He shall rule (Psalms 2:5; Psalms 2:9; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 72:11; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Psalms 110:5; Psalms 110:6; Isaiah [ Continue Reading ]
SIT. dwell. UNDER, &C. Compare 1 Kings 4:25.Zechariah 3:10. LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 2 Samuel 1:3. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. HALTETH. is lame. GATHER. gather out. Compare Psalms 147:2.Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 37:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
HALTED. was lame. A REMNANT. Compare Micah 2:12; Micah 5:3; Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8; Micah 7:18. SHALL REIGN. Compare Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 24:23.Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27;... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWER OF THE FLOCK. Hebrew tower of _'Eder._ Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 35:21. nowhere else). Used here of Bethlehem (compare Genesis 35:19 with Micah 5:2); coupled here with "Ophel" in next clause, "David's birth-place" and "David's city". THE STRONGHOLD. Hebrew. _Ophel._ See App-68 and App-... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DOST THOU CRY. ? This refers to the birth-pangs of the new nation which will be brought forth in that day and at that time. Compare Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. mean-while: i.e. before that day. Compare Micah 4:11 and Micah 5:1. EVEN TO. as far as. Compare Isaiah 39:7; Isaiah 43:14. BABYLON. May "not have been on Micah's political horizon", but it was on Jehovah's. Compare Amos 5:25; Acts 7:42; Acts 7:43. THERE... THERE. Note the repetition for emph... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Meanwhile: as in Micah 4:10; Micah 5:1. Referring to the then immediately impending hostility. MANY NATIONS. Compare Isaiah 33:3.Lamentations 2:16; Obadiah 1:11. EYE. So some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate; but Hebrew text reads "eyes". Compare Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY KNOW NOT. Compare Isaiah 55:8; Jeremiah 29:11. THOUGHTS. purposes, or plans: i.e. for Israel in purging him of idolatry by his tribulation. COUNSEL: i.e. with regard to themselves. The reason follows. FOR: or, that. FLOOR. threshing-floor.... [ Continue Reading ]
THRESH. tread as oxen. HORN... HOOFS. Referring to the strength of the oxen, and to the completeness of the destruction. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 25:4). App-92. Compare Isaiah 41:15.Jeremiah 51:33. I WILL. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "thou shalt". CONSECRATE. devote;... [ Continue Reading ]