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Verse Micah 1:7. _ALL THE HIRES THEREOF SHALL BE BURNED_] Multitudes
of women gave the money they gained by their public _prostitution_ at
the temples for the support of the priesthood, the ornamenti...
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AND ALL THE GRAVEN IMAGES THEREOF SHALL BE BEATEN TO PIECES - Its
idols in whom she trusts, so far from protecting her, shall themselves
go into captivity, broken up for the gold and silver whereof th...
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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 JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL. The nations of the earth are summoned to take
warning from the Divine judgment to be executed on Israel. Yahweh
comes forth from heaven (His holy temple; _cf._ Habakkuk 2:20; I...
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GRAVEN IMAGES. Hebrew. _pesilim._ Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus
20:4). App-92.
HIRES. The technical Pentateuchal word for. harlot's hire, to which
idolatry is compared. Compare Hosea 8:9; Hosea 8:10...
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_the hires_ i.e. the rich votive offerings in the sanctuaries, shortly
afterwards called -the hire of a harlot," with reference to the
shameful practices of heathenish religion (Deuteronomy 23:17-18)....
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_THE LORD'S WORD CONCERNING JACOB -- MICAH 1:5-7:_ God's judgment was
coming because "of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of
Jacob. Samaria had led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerus...
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AND ALL THE HIRES THEREOF— _The love-presents,_ &c. The meaning is,
"As your temples have been enriched with the presents offered by these
shameless idol worshippers, to their riches shall return into...
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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...
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all
the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols
thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire 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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THE HIRES THEREOF] the offerings at the idol shrines. FOR SHE
GATHERED, etc.] The wealth of the offerings and plating on the idols,
part of which has been gathered through the unchasteness of their
wo...
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‘Therefore’ links the crime to the punishment. Samaria’s people
prayed to images. This showed that they did not understand God or his
laws. Their evil religion did not teach good behaviour. In fact, i...
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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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AND ALL THE HIRES THEREOF. — The falling away of Israel from her
loyalty to God is compared generally by the prophets to a wife
deserting her husband; and these “hires” are the offerings made to
the s...
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וְ כָל ־פְּסִילֶ֣יהָ יֻכַּ֗תּוּ וְ
כָל ־אֶתְנ
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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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Her wages. That is, her donaries or presents offered to her idols; or
the hire of all her traffic and labour. (Challoner) --- Samaria had
trafficked with infidels, and thus grew rich, but imitated the...
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There is a great sameness between the writings of Isaiah and Micah;
their vision opens much alike, only Micah's vision is concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem; and Isaiah's of Judah and Jerusalem. Samaria...
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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 goes on with the same subject, and says, that the ruin of
Samaria was at hand, so that its idols would be broken, and also, that
its wealth would be destroyed which she had gathered by ill...
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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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AND ALL THE GRAVEN IMAGES THEREOF SHALL BE BEATEN TO PIECES,.... By
the Assyrian army, for the sake of the gold and silver of which they
were, made, or with which they were adorned, as was usually don...
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all
the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols
thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire o...
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_Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap_ A heap of ruins. _And as
plantings of a vineyard_ As in planting vineyards men dig the earth,
and cast it up in hillocks, so shall they make this city. The Vu...
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EPHRAIM'S DESTRUCTION THREATENED...
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces and all
the hires thereof, namely, those of spiritual harlotry, the
consecrated offerings placed on the idol altars, SHALL BE BURNED WITH
TH...
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1-7 The earth is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the
prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither
men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree,...
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ALL THE GRAVEN IMAGES; erected in honour to the idols they worshipped,
which usually were the images or similitudes resembling their idols,
their gods of silver, gold, or stone and brass, or wood. SHA...
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Micah 1:7 images H6456 pieces H3807 (H8714) harlot H868 burned H8313
(H8735) fire H784 idols H6091 lay...
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YHWH DECLARES HIS VERDICT ON SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM (MICAH 1:1).
The chapter opens with a declaration of YHWH's sovereign power as
Creator, and of His interest in the affairs of Judah and Israel, whic...
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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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_For, behold, the Lord cometh out of His place _
GOD’S PROCEDURE IN RELATION TO SIN
This is a highly figurative and sublime representation of the Almighty
in His retributive work, especially in rela...
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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 1:7 ALL HER CARVED IMAGES... WAGES... IDOLS.
Yahweh’s judgment will be extensive. FEE OF A PROSTITUTE. The
spiritual infidelity of the city is like the actions of a prostitute
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CRITICAL NOTES.
MICAH 1:3. TREAD upon the proud and idolatrous (high places) people,
as Ruler over all the earth.
MICAH 1:4.] Imagery from storms and earthquakes, to describe the
terrors of God’s jud...
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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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2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 34:6; 2 Chronicles 34:7; 2 Kings
23:14;...
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The hires — The rich gifts given for the honour and service of the
idols by deceived idolaters. She — The kingdom of Samaria. It —
Their wealth, or the rich presents made to their idols. Of an harlot...