Micah 2 - Introduction
_AGAINST OPPRESSION. A LAMENTATION. A REPROOF OF INJUSTICE AND IDOLATRY. A PROMISE OF RESTORATION TO JACOB._ _Before Christ 730_... [ Continue Reading ]
_AGAINST OPPRESSION. A LAMENTATION. A REPROOF OF INJUSTICE AND IDOLATRY. A PROMISE OF RESTORATION TO JACOB._ _Before Christ 730_... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE TO THEM THAT DEVISE INIQUITY— "Woe to them whose thoughts are big with mischief; so that they contrive schemes of oppression and iniquity upon their beds; which, licentious in power, they put in practice as soon as they rise in the morning." See Proverbs 3:29 and Lowth.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY OPPRESS— _They plunder._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS TIME IS EVIL— _For an evil time shall that be._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HATH CHANGED THE PORTION— _He hath alienated,_ or _transferred the portion of my people. How hath he departed from me, to bring again him who divided our fields!_ But Houbigant renders it, _The patrimony of my people is measured by line, and no one hath stirred himself to turn it_ [_the line_] _f... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHESY YE NOT, &C.— _Prophesy ye not:—Yet they will prophesy. At least prophesy not these things: The boundaries of the kingdom shall not be removed,_ Micah 2:7. _For thus saith the house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of the Lord?_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE PULL OFF THE ROBE, &C.— _Having taken away the garment, you plunder the robe also. They who travel securely are carried away as captives in war._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THEIR CHILDREN, &C.— "Because, when ye plunder their houses, ye take away their children, and sell them to strangers and idolaters; and they are no longer esteemed my children, because they become the worshippers of false gods." See 2 Chronicles 28:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE YE, AND DEPART— These words are addressed to the true worshippers of God, who dwelt in the kingdom of Israel, and who were part of _all that Jacob,_ whom God, in the 12th verse, promises to _assemble._ That the truly pious only can be here addressed, is plain from the words, _because it is pol... [ Continue Reading ]
IF A MAN, &C.— _If a man, walking after the wind,_ or _pursuing vanity and falsehood, do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee for wine and for strong drink,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THE FLOCK, &C.— _They shall make a great noise on account of the multitude of men, as the flock in the midst of the fold._ God is often styled _the Shepherd of Israel;_ and his care over his believing people is compared to that of a shepherd over his flock, when he gathers them into the fold, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BREAKER IS COME UP, &C.— _He who shall open the way shall ascend before them: They shall come by troops, and pass through the gates. Their king before them shall lead the band: The Lord shall be at their head._ In these two last verses the times of the new covenant are foretold; when he who is b... [ Continue Reading ]