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THE BEST OF THEM IS AS A BRIER - The gentlest of them is a thorn ,
strong, hard, piercing, which letteth nothing unresisting pass by but
it taketh from it, “robbing the fleece, and wounding the sheep....
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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...
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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...
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THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Adjunct), App-6 :. the day [of punishment] foretold by thy watchmen....
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_The best of them is as a brier_ Comp. 2 Samuel 23:6 -and
good-for-nothing men are all of them as thorns thrust away." -Thorns"
are in the Bible symbols of sin and its effects, and of the
temptations...
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Micah 7:1-6. These verses should be read in connexion with Chap. 6....
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_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...
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THE MOST UPRIGHT IS SHARPER THAN A THORN-HEDGE— Rauwolff tells us,
that about Tripoli there are abundance of vineyards and fine gardens,
inclosed for the most part with hedges; between which gardens,...
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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...
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The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a
thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now
shall be their perplexity.
THE BEST OF THEM IS AS A BRIER; THE...
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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...
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THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN AND THY VISITATION] the day of GOD's
visitation foretold by the prophets: cp. Isaiah 21:6. It will confound
such men, since its principles are the opposite of theirs....
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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...
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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...
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THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN — _i.e.,_ the time which thy prophets have
foreseen, about which they have continually warned thee. “Also I set
watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet....
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טֹובָ֣ם כְּ חֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִ
מְּסוּכָ֑ה יֹ֤ו
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The best of them [is] as (e) a brier: the most upright [is sharper]
than a thorn hedge: the day of (f) thy watchmen [and] thy visitation
cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
(e) They that are of mo...
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_Brier. Hebrew chedek, or "thorn." Septuagint, "a consuming moth." ---
Inspection, or of thy chiefs (Haydock) and prophets. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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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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The Prophet confirms what he had previously said, — that the land
was so full of every kind of wickedness, that they who were deemed the
best were yet thorns and briers, full of bitterness, or very sh...
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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...
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THE BEST OF THEM [IS] AS A BRIER,.... Good for nothing but for
burning, very hurtful and mischievous, pricking and scratching those
that have to do with them:
THE MOST UPRIGHT IS SHARPER THAN A THORN...
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The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a
thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now
shall be their perplexity.
Ver. 4. _The best of them is as...
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_That they may do evil with both hands_, &c. With all diligence;
_earnestly_ Hebrew, להישׂיב, _to good it;_ that is, to do it
thoroughly and effectually. “Their hands are bent on iniquity, to
execute...
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THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE...
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The best of them is as a brier, from which one may expect only evil
and harm; THE MOST UPRIGHT, the one considered an example of virtue,
IS SHARPER THAN A THORN HEDGE; THE DAY OF THY WATCHMEN, the day...
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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...
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THE BEST; among all naught, who is least naught passeth for best; and
so must it be here, not one good, but the least evil man is by the
prophet called the best. OF THEM; of people, prophets, judges,...
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Micah 7:4 best H2896 brier H2312 upright H3477 hedge H4534 day H3117
watchman H6822 (H8764) punishment H6486 comes...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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_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...
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GROW YOUR THORNS IN A HEDGE
A thorn hedge. Micah 7:4.
A thorn hedge! That is something we all know. They are as common as
blackberries in England, and though the fields and roads in Scotland
are bou...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 7:4 DAY OF YOUR WATCHMEN. Just as the lookout on
the city wall warned of approaching danger, so Micah announced the
approaching judgment (compare Ezekiel 3:
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 7:3. EVIL] Lit. Their hands are for evil, that they may do it
_earnestly, i.e._ well, cleverly. GREAT] man. HE] Emphatic, expresses
_desire_, lit. _the_ lust of his soul. THEY]...
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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
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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)...
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2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Samuel 23:7; Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 12:23; Ezekiel 12:24;...
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As a briar — Mischievous and hurtful. The day — The day in which
they shall sound the alarm. Cometh — Surely, speedily, and
unavoidably. Now — When that day is come....