미가 7:7-20 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:15

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt ,.... This is an answer of the Lord to the prayer of the prophet, assuring him, and the church he represents, and on whose account he applies, that there would be as great a deliverance wrought for them, and as wonderful things done, as when Israel was brought out of the land of Egypt, which was effected with a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm, and was attended with amazing events; as the plagues in Egypt; the passage of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:16

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might ,.... The Chaldeans or Babylonians, when they shall see the wonderful things done by the Lord in the deliverance of his people out of their hands, shall be ashamed of their own power and might, in which they trusted, and of which they boasted; but now shall be baffled and defeated, and not able to stop the progress of the arms of Cyrus, or detain the Jews any longer their captives; or they shall be confounded at the power and... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:19

He will turn again ,.... From his anger, and show his face and favour; which is not inconsistent with his everlasting and unchangeable love; for anger is not opposite to love, and is only a displicency at sin, and not at the persons of his people; and, properly speaking, is not in God; is rather in appearance than in reality; when his people sin against him, he shows himself as if he was angry; he turns away from them, and withdraws his gracious presence and sensible communion from them; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob ,.... That is, the promise made to Jacob, the Lord would faithfully perform and make good to his posterity, natural and spiritual, especially to those who are Israelites indeed; and the mercy to Abraham ; the gracious promises made to him, which sprung from mere grace and mercy; all respecting his natural and spiritual seed; and especially the promise of the coming of the Messiah, that seed of his in which all nations of the earth were to be... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Therefore I will look unto the Lord - Because things are so, I will trust in the Lord more firmly, wait for him more patiently, and more confidently expect to be supported, defended, and saved. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy - The captive Israelites are introduced as speaking here and in the preceding verse. The enemy are the Assyrians and Chaldeans; the fall is their idolatry and consequent captivity; the darkness, the calamities they suffered in that captivity; their rise and light, their restoration and consequent blessedness. To rejoice over the fall or miseries of any man, betrays a malignant spirit. I have known several instances where people professing to hold a very... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord - The words of the penitent captives, acknowledging their sins and praying for mercy. Until he plead my cause - And wo to the slanderers, when God undertakes to plead for the fallen who have returned to him with deep compunction of heart, seeking redemption in the blood of the cross. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

Then she that is mine enemy - This may refer particularly to the city of Babylon. Shall she be trodden down - Literally fulfilled in the package of that city by the Persians, and its consequent total ruin. It became as mire; its walls, formed of brick kneaded with straw and baked in the sun, becoming exposed to the wet, dissolved, so that a vestige of the city remains not, except a few bricks digged from under the rubbish, several pieces of which now lie before me, and show the perishing... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:16

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:20

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

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