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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:8

Verse 8 The Prophet here assumes the character of a mourner, that he might more deeply impress the Israelites; for we have seen that they were almost insensible in their torpidity. It was therefore necessary that they should be brought to view the scene itself, that, seeing their destruction before their eyes they might be touched both with grief and fear. Lamentations of this kind are everywhere to be met with in the Prophets, and they ought to be carefully noticed; for we hence gather how... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:2-7

The Divine judgments against Israel. Micah was a prophet of Judah, and had special reference in his prophecy to that kingdom. Still, he referred also to the kingdom of Israel. In these verses he directed attention to the tribulations speedily to come upon the kingdom of Israel; and, whilst his words have reference to "the dead past," they suggest lessons for all times. Consider— I. THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL AS HERB PREDICTED . Note: 1 ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:3-7

God's procedure in relation to sin. "For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth," etc. This is a highly figurative and sublime representation of the Almighty in his retributive work, especially in relation to Samaria and Jerusalem. He is represented as leaving his holy temple, coming out of his place, and marching with overwhelming grandeur over the high places of the earth, to deal out punishment to the wicked.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:5-7

§ 2. Judgment is denounced on Israel for its sin. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:6

I will make. This prophecy, therefore, was delivered before the destruction of Samaria in the fourth year of Hezekiah. As an heap of the field; or, into a heap of the field, like a heap of stones gathered off a cultivated field (comp. Isaiah 5:2 . ) Septuagint, ἰσὀπωροφυλάκιον ἀγροῦ , "the hut of a fruit watcher." As plantings of a vineyard; into the plantings, etc.; i.e. into mere terraces for vines. Such shall be the utter ruin of the city, that on its site vines... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:7

Graven images. The stone idols ( Isaiah 10:10 ). Septuagint, τὰ γλυπτά . The hires thereof. The word properly means, "the wages of prostitution." Idolatry is viewed as spiritual fornication, and the offerings made to the idol temples are reckoned to be harlot gifts. Hosea speaks in the same way ( Hosea 2:5 , Hosea 2:8 , Hosea 2:12 ; Hosea 9:1 ; comp. Isaiah 23:17 ; Ezekiel 16:31 ). There may be allusion to the shameful practices consecrated with the name of religion, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:8

I will wail. The prophet marks the destruction of Samaria with these outward signs of mourning, in order that he might affect the minds of his own countrymen, and show how he grieved over their sins which should bring like punishment. The word rendered "wail" means "to beat" the breast. Septuagint, κόψεται : Vulgate, plangam. Stripped and naked . The former epithet the LXX . translate ἀνυπόδετος , as if it meant "barefoot;" and they refer the verse to Samaria, not to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:8

The prevalence of sin the source of grief to the good. I. THE FACT . The good in all ages have mourned over sin and its consequences ( Psalms 119:136 ; Jeremiah 9:1 ; Luke 19:41 , Luke 19:42 ). In Micah 1:8 we have pictured to us the distress of one thoroughly noble and good, true and patriotic, occasioned by the prevailing ungodliness and the calamities of which he had to speak. With a vivid sense of the evils of the times and of the coming judgments, this prophet (as others... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:8-9

3. Micah mourns because the punishment extends to Judah also. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:8-9

Moral incurableness. "Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem." These verses have been thus translated: "Therefore will I lament and howl; I will go spoiled and naked; I will keep lamentation like the jackats, and mourning like the ostriches. For her stripes are malignant; for it comes to... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:8

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