미가 7:17-18 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

Here is, I. The prophet's prayer to God to take care of his own people, and of their cause and interest, Mic. 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. 12:10. And when we see God coming towards us in ways of mercy, we must go forth to meet him by prayer. It is a prophetic prayer, which amounts to a promise of the good prayed for; what God directed his prophet to ask no doubt he designed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent ,.... Whose food is the dust of the earth, according to the curse pronounced on it, Genesis 3:14 ; and which is either its, natural food it chooses to live on, as some serpents however are said F15 Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 1. c. 44. col. 27. to do; or, going upon its belly, it cannot but take in a good deal of the dust of the earth along with its food; and hereby is signified the low, mean, abject, and cursed estate and condition of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee ,.... There is no God besides him, none so great, so mighty, as he; none like him for the perfections of his nature; for the works of his hands; for the blessings of his goodness, both of providence and grace; and particularly for his pardoning grace and mercy, as follows: that pardoneth iniquity : that "lifts" it up, and "takes" it away, as the word F20 נשא "tollens", Montanus, Tigurine version, Calvin; "aufercus", Drusius; "qui aufers", Grotius. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee, etc - Here is a challenge to all idol worshippers, and to all those who take false views of the true God, to show his like. See his characters; they are immediately subjoined. He pardoneth iniquity. This is the prerogative of God alone; of that Being who alone has power to save or to destroy. He passeth by transgression. He can heal backsliding, and restore them that are fallen. He retaineth not his anger forever. Though, justly displeased because of sin,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:17

Verse 17 He afterwards adds, They shall lick the dust as a serpent He intimates, that however the enemies of the Church may have proudly exalted themselves before, they shall then be cast down, and lie, as it were, on the ground; for to lick the dust is nothing else but to lie prostrate on the earth. They shall then be low and creeping like serpents; and then, They shall move themselves as worms and reptiles of the ground The verb רגז, regez, as it has been stated elsewhere, means to raise an... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:18

Verse 18 The Prophet here exclaims that God ought to be glorified especially for this — that he is merciful to his people. When he says, Who is God as thou art? he does not mean that there are other gods; for this, strictly speaking, is an improper comparison. But he shows that the true and only God may be distinguished from all idols by this circumstance — that he graciously forgives the sins of his people and bears with their infirmities. It is indeed certain, that all nations entertained the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

§ 7. The prophet in the name of the people prays for this promised salvation, and the Lord assures him that his mercies shall not fail, and that the hostile nations shall be humbled. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

Prayer and its response. How mysteriously great is the privilege of prayer! How wonderful that finite creatures may thus draw near to the Infinite, carrying their needs into the Divine presence, breathing their desires into the ear of God, and obtaining from him all required mercy and grace! We think of the patriarch who, weary and worn with his wanderings, slept, with a stone for his pillow, and we speak of the ladder he beheld connecting the spot where he lay with the very throne of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:15-17

The ultimate deliverance of man from sin. "According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their cars shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee." In this passage there is an answer to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent ( Genesis 3:14 ; Isaiah 65:25 ). The enemies of God's people "shall lick the dust" ( Psalms 72:9 ), shall be reduced to the utmost degradation ( Isaiah 49:23 ). They shall move out of their holes, etc.; rather, they come trembling out of their close places (or, fastnesses, Psalms 18:46 ), like crawling things of the earth . They who prided themselves on their security shall come forth from their strongholds in utter fear, driven out... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:17

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