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O THOU INHABITANT OF LACHISH, BIND THE CHARIOT TO THE SWIFT BEAST -
(steed.) Lachish was always a strong city, as its name probably
denoted, (probably “compact.” It was one of the royal cities of
the...
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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...
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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...
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INHABITANT. inhabitress.
LACHISH... SWIFT BEAST. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_
(App-6). Hebrew. _larekesh... lakish_. [bind the chariot] to the
horse,. inhabitress of Horse-town,
LACHISH. N...
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_Lachish_ That well-known fortified town in the Shephélah, or
maritime plain, the capture of which was commemorated by Sennacherib
in two bas-reliefs in his palace; comp. Isaiah 36:2; Isaiah 37:8.
The...
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_GOD'S NATURE DEMANDS ANGER AGAINST SIN -- MICAH 1:13-16:_ God said,
"Get the war chariots ready, you people of Lachish. You led Jerusalem
into sin, just as Israel did." Lachish was a strong city abou...
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast:
she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the
transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
O THOU INHABITANT OF...
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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...
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BIND THE CHARIOT TO THE SWIFT BEAST] i.e. 'you shall need your
swiftest beasts FOR your flight.' Lachish suggested by similarity of
sound, the Heb. _reckesh_, i.e. 'swift beast.' We have not the key t...
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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...
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Lachish was an important town. It was the strongest place in the
region. It was about 4 miles from Micah’s home. There was an army
there. The army’s job was to defend the western hills. The men in
the...
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BIND THE CHARIOT TO THE SWIFT BEAST — _i.e.,_ make haste to escape
with thy goods. Lachish was the most important of the cities
enumerated. It was fortified by Rehoboam, and was sought as a refuge
by...
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רְתֹ֧ם הַ מֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה לָ † רֶ֖כֶשׁ
יֹושֶׁ֣בֶת...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the (n) swift beast:
she (o) [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the
transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
(n) To flee...
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_Lachis, when Sennacherib came to besiege it, 4 Kings xviii. 13.
(Calmet) --- Beginning. That is, Lachis was the first city of Juda
that learnt from Samaria the worship of idols, and communicated it t...
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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...
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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...
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By bidding the citizens of Lachish to tie their chariots to
dromedaries he intimates that it would not be not safe for them to
remain in their city, and that nothing would be better for them than
to f...
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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...
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O THOU INHABITANT OF LACHISH, BIND THE CHARIOT TO THE SWIFT BEAST,....
Horses, camels, dromedaries, or mules. Some u render the word swift
horse or horses, post horses; others dromedaries w; and some...
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she
[is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the
transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Ver. 13. _O thou inh...
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_O thou inhabitant of Lachish_ This was a strong fortress in the tribe
of Judah: see Joshua 15:39. _Bind the chariot to the swift beast_ In
order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one of...
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Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement...
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, a fortified city in the plain toward the
southwest, BIND THE CHARIOT TO THE SWIFT BEAST, to the fastest horses,
namely, to escape the impending punishment; SHE IS THE BEG...
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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...
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LACHISH; a very strong fortress on the confines of Judah towards the
kingdom of the ten tribes, and which, as it did to the last stand out
against Sennacherib, so it is very probable they did boast of...
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Micah 1:13 inhabitant H3427 (H8802) Lachish H3923 Harness H7573
(H8798) chariot H4818 steeds H7409 beginning H7225 sin...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Bind the chariot to the swift beast _
BE QUICK
These words are addressed to the inhabitants of Lachish.
Our subject is promptitude in action.
I. Be quick in your material engagements. The distinct...
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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
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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...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 1:13 The Hebrew for STEEDS sounds like LACHISH.
Ironically, the people are urged to harness horses to chariots not to
fight but to flee....
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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...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:13
Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH, WITH
PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE.
MICAH 1:1
The...
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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...
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1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 16:31;...
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Lachish — A strong fortress on the confines of Judah. Bind the
chariot — To fly from the sword of the enemy. She — Lachish, which
being the nearest to idolatrous Israel, took the infection of them,
an...