Verse Micah 1:11. Inhabitant of Saphir] Sapher, Sepphoris, or Sephora, was the strongest place in Galilee. - Calmet. It was a city in the tribe of Judah, between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon. - Houbigant.
Zaanan] Another city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:13.
Beth-ezel] A place near Jerusalem, Zechariah 14:5. Some think that Jerusalem itself is intended by this word.
PASS YE AWAY - (literally, Pass thou (fem.) away to or for yourselves), disregarded by God and despised by man) pass the bounds of your land into captivity. THOU INHABITANT OF SHAPHIR, HAVING THY SHAM...
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...
THE DIRGE ON ISRAEL'S DOWNFALL. This is a difficult and corrupt passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impossi...
PASS YE AWAY: i.e. go into exile. SAPHIR, HAVING THY SHAME, &C. Here we have contrast. Saphir. Beautytown, with beauty shamed; now _es Suafir._ INHABITANT OF ZAANAN CAME NOT FORTH. Hebrew not gone f...
_inhabitant_ The word in the Hebrew is feminine, the population of the city being (as often, e.g. Isaiah 1:8) personified as a virgin. _Saphir_ as if Fair town (a play on the name). _Zaanan_ The Zen...
_MICAH WEPT OVER GOD'S JUDGMENT -- MICAH 1:8-12_ : Samaria's wickedness had spread even to Jerusalem. It was so heart breaking to Micah that he said, "I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and vi...
PASS YE AWAY, &C.— _Take care thou that inhabitest Saphir_ [a city in the tribe of Judah] _to pass away naked and in disgrace. The inhabitants of Zaanan_ [another city in the tribe of Judah] _shall no...
SAMARIA TO BE DESTROYED. Micah 1:6-11 RV. Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I wil...
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. PASS YE AWAY - literally...
1:11 Shaphir, (d-5) Beautiful town. Zaanan (e-13) Coming forth, Joshua 15:37 . Beth-ezel. (f-22) Neighbouring house. will (g-24) Or '... forth; the lamentation of Beth-ezel will.' shelter. (h-29) Or '...
SAPHIR] 'beauty-town' with its beauty shamed. ZAANAN] in sound like the Heb. for 'outgoing.' The town of outgoings shall be straitly shut up. IN THE MOURNING, etc.] RV 'the wailing of Bethezel shall t...
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...
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...
Shaphir is the name of a city. Shaphir means ‘beautiful’. Shaphir was a beautiful city. But its people will soon be prisoners. The *Assyrians will take its people away to another country. They will ma...
SAPHIR... ZAANAN. — The sites of these cities, like that of Aphrah, are a matter of conjecture. They were probably south-west of Jerusalem, the prophet following the march of the invading army. THE I...
עִבְרִ֥י לָכֶ֛ם יֹושֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁפִ֖יר עֶרְיָה ־בֹ֑שֶׁת...
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...
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...
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...
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of (k) Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall (l) receive of you his standing. (k) These were citi...
Place. In Samaria. In the Hebrew, the beautiful place is expressed by the word Shaphir, which some take for the proper name of a city. (Challoner) --- It is thought that St. Jerome has given the sense...
I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring nation...
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...
The Prophet here addresses the cities which were on the borders of the kingdom of Israel, and through which the enemy would pass in entering the kingdom of Judah. He therefore bids the inhabitants of...
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...
PASS YE AWAY, THOU INHABITANT OF SAPHIR,.... A village, according to Eusebius l, between Eleutheropolis and Ashkelon; perhaps the same with Sephoron; it is mentioned among the cities of Judah, in the...
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. Ver. 11. _Pass ye away, tho...
_Declare ye it not in Gath_ Lest the Philistines triumph. The words seem to be taken out of David s lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, 2 Samuel 1:20, where see the note. _Weep ye not at all_ Or, _wee...
Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir (fair-view), HAVING THY SHAME NAKED, in shameful nakedness, also robbed by the enemy; THE INHABITANT OF ZAANAN (outlet). CAME NOT FORTH IN THE MOURNING OF BETH-...
Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
INHABITANT: _ Heb._ inhabitress SAPHIR: Or, thou that dwellest fairly ZAANAN: Or, the country of flocks BETHEZEL: Or, a place near...
8-16 The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Gratify not those that make merry with the sins or with the sorrows of God's Israel. Roll thyself in the dust, as...
PASS YE AWAY: the imperative is here put for the future, and the prophet does here foretell and threaten what shall befall this people, they shall go before the enemy into captivity. _Saphir_ denotes...
Micah 1:11 by H5674 (H8798) naked H6181 shame H1322 inhabitant H3427 (H8802) Shaphir H8208 inhabitant H3427 ...
A LAMENT FOR THE CITIES OF JUDAH (MICAH 1:10). These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating Philistia, and they illuminat...
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...
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...
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
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:10 The names of the towns and the words describing the disasters sound alike. Micah uses wordplay to reveal the various disasters Judah will face when its towns are captured by t...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:11 SHAPHIR sounds like “beautiful” and contrasts with NAKEDNESS AND SHAME. ZAANAN sounds like the Hebrew for “come out.” In fear, the trembling i
CRITICAL NOTES. MICAH 1:10.] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10 to depict what would happen in them. In most cases the things sai...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:13 Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WITH PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE. MICAH 1:1 The...
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...
Ezekiel 16:37; Isaiah 16:2; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 47:2; Isaiah 47:3;...
Pass ye away — The imperative is here put for the future; they shalt go into captivity. Saphir — Probably Samaria and Jerusalem. Naked — Stript by the conquering enemy. Zaanan — It is thought, this wa...