Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Micah 7:2
With a net. — The net, which in the Hebrew term comes from a verb meaning to shut up, was used both by the fisherman and the fowler. “They lay wait for one another, as hunters for wild beasts.”
With a net. — The net, which in the Hebrew term comes from a verb meaning to shut up, was used both by the fisherman and the fowler. “They lay wait for one another, as hunters for wild beasts.”
Verse Micah 7:2. _THE GOOD_ MAN _IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH_] A similar sentiment may be found, Psalms 12:1; Isaiah 57:1. As the _early fig_ of excellent flavour cannot be found in the advanced sea...
THE, GOOD - or godly, or merciful, the English margin MAN - The Hebrew word contains all. It is “he who loveth tenderly and piously” God, for His own sake, and man, for the sake of God. Mercy was prob...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The prophet's complaint (Micah 7:1) _ 2. Confession, prayer and thanksgiving (Micah 7:7) Micah 7:1. It is the prophet's voice complaining over the conditions of the people. But he is...
CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION, AND DISLOYALTY. This passage is distinct from the preceding, though the same introductory remark applies to it; in tone, however, it seems to come nearer to certain...
GOOD. gracious. MEN. mankind. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
_The good man_ More fully rendered, -The pious man," he who makes love his rule of action love to God and love to man. -The idea of _khâsîdh_is not passive [he who experiences grace or love], for God...
Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
_ISRAEL WAS VERY CORRUPT -- MICAH 7:1-7:_ The people of Israel were incredibly wicked, but Micah still had strong confidence in God. He was dreadfully sad with the conduct of God's people. He describe...
MICAH LONGS FOR GODLINESS. Micah 7:1-6 RV. Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the fir...
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. THE GOOD MAN IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH...
7:2 godly (g-2) _ Chasid_ . see Note, 2 Chronicles 6:42 . land, (h-9) Or 'earth.' men. (i-16) The _ Adam_ -- mankind, as Genesis 1:27 . net. (k-32) Or '[as] after one under a ban.' see Isaiah 34...
CONFESSION AND CONTRITION BRING BACK HOPE 1-6. Jerusalem laments her estate. The righteous among her children are taken from her by violence (Micah 7:1). The rulers misuse their position for their sel...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 7 In this chapter, Micah continues to describe the situation in Jerusalem. But in his vision (dream), Micah seems to...
The *vineyard in verse 1 refers to the nation called *Israel (Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalms 80:8-16). The fruit refers to good men and women. These are the ones that obey God’s *covenant. They obey God’s moral...
אָבַ֤ד חָסִיד֙ מִן ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ וְ יָשָׁ֥ר
THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the condition of society which it describ...
GOD'S COMPASSION FOR AN ERRING PEOPLE Micah 7:1-20 Things had come to an awful pass in the favored city. Oppression, bribery, and bloodshed, were everywhere in the ascendant. Men wrought evil with b...
Following the charge, the people break into a lamentation which is of the nature of a confession, submission to judgment and hope. The prophet answers the cry with a message of hope, which, however, e...
The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: (b) they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. (b) He shows that the prince, the j...
_Holy man. Hebrew chasid, (Haydock) "the pious" Assidean, 2 Machabees xiv. 6. The disorder of Israel was great, though some were religious. (Calmet) --- Such expressions only mean that few could be fo...
Here is a sad complaint of the Prophet concerning the times in which he lived. Like another Elijah, he was inclined to think that faith was lost in the earth. 1 Kings 19:10. He compares his state to t...
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...
In the second verse he expresses more clearly his mind, _Perished, _he says, _has the righteous _(182) _from the land, and there is none upright _(183) _among men. _Here now he does not personify the...
In chapter 7 the prophet takes the place of intercessor before God, in the name of the people-presenting to Him at once their deep misery and their iniquities [1] -speaking in their name, and identify...
THE GOOD [MAN] IS PERISHED OUT OF THE EARTH,.... Here the prophet expresses in plain words what he had before delivered in figurative terms. The "good" or "godly" man, as in Psalms 12:1; is one that h...
The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. Ver. 2. _The good man is perished out o...
_Wo is me_, &c. Judea, or rather the prophet himself, is here introduced as complaining, that though good men once abounded in the land, there were now few or none to be found. _I am as when they have...
The good man is perished out of the earth, one who can be depended upon for faithfulness, AND THERE IS NONE UPRIGHT AMONG MEN, the upright having become as scarce as early figs after the grape-harvest...
THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
GOOD: Or, godly, or merciful...
1-7 The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their ne...
THE GOOD MAN; who loves and is kind to men in need, and is so from the sense of God's goodness, and in a designed imitation of God, is godly in the frame of his heart and course of life towards God, a...
Micah 7:2 faithful H2623 perished H6 (H8804) earth H776 upright H3477 men H120 wait H693 (H8799) blood...
MICAH (OR THE RIGHTEOUS OF ISRAEL) BEWAILS THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE (MICAH 7:1). Micah (or the righteous of Israel whom he represents) now describe(s) the dreadful moral condition of his own peopl...
The prophet begins in a sorrowful strain, and there is much that is said in the chapter, yet there is also much of holy confidence in God. Micah 7:1. _Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered t...
CONTENTS: Israel's sad present condition. The voice of the remnant in the last days. CHARACTERS: God, Micah. CONCLUSION: When a child of God has much occasion to cry «Woe is me» when it seems that a...
Micah 7:1. _I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits._ “I am become as the gatherers of late figs, as the gleaners of the vintage.” NEWCOME. Micah 7:8. _Rejoice not against me, oh mine enemy:...
_The good man is perished out of the earth _ THE WAIL OF A TRUE PATRIOT OVER THE MORAL CORRUPTION OF HIS COUNTRY He bemoans-- I. The departure of excellence from his country. “The good man is perish...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:1 SUMMER FRUIT HAS BEEN GATHERED... GRAPES HAVE BEEN GLEANED.... THE GODLY HAS PERISHED. In gleaning the fields of the summer harvest, one expects to find leftovers. Micah’s sear...
CRITICAL NOTES. The Church now mourns itself, and confesses that its condition is like a vintage after gleaning. NO CLUSTER] to be found. RIPE FRUIT] of excellent flavour chiefly desired. MICAH 7:2. G...
EXPOSITION MICAH 7:1 § 5. _Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption._ MICAH 7:1 WOE IS ME! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he repre
The prophet said, Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desires the first ripe fruit (Micah 7:1)...
1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:20; Habakkuk 1:15; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah