Micah 1:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:15

an heir . . . Mareshah. Hebrew the possessor ( hayyoresh) . . . O Possession ( Mareshah) . The possessor whom Jehovah would bring was Assyria. he shall come, &c. The glory: i.e. the nobility (Isaiah 5:13 ) of Israel shall go (or flee) unto [the cave] Adullam; as David had done (1 Samuel 22:1 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 1:15

"I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Moreshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Abdullum.""I will bring unto thee ..." This meant that God would bring the conqueror to Moresheh, another of the numerous towns which were in this passage objects of Micah's prophecy."The glory of Israel shall come even unto Abdullum ..." Abdullum was a name associated with the days of the distress of king David, in the times when, "David was an outlaw in hiding (in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 1:15

Micah 1:15. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee— Till I shall send unto thee that heir, who inhabiteth Mareshah; till the glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam: that is to say, "Till I shall send those citizens of Mareshah, whom thou "wouldst sell to the people of Gath, to possess thy walls, "after the army of the Assyrians shall be dispersed, and "after the glory of Israel shall come even to Adullam; "or, shall extend its boundaries to Adullam;" a city in the southern part of the tribe of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:15

15. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee—rather, "the heir." As thou art now occupied by possessors who expelled the former inhabitants, so will I bring "yet" again the new possessor, namely, the Assyrian foe. Other heirs will supplant us in every inheritance but that of heaven. There is a play upon the meaning of Mareshah, "an inheritance": there shall come the new heir of the inheritance. Adullam the glory of Israel—so called as being superior in situation; when it and the neighboring cities... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:8-16

B. Lamentation over the coming judgment 1:8-16"The judicial sentence against Samaria (Micah 1:2-7), fulfilled in 722/721 B.C., certifies the doom of idolatrous Judah (Micah 1:8-16), predicted in connection with Sennacherib’s invasion of the Shephelah [Judean foothills] in 701 B.C." [Note: Waltke, in The Minor . . ., p. 624.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:10-16

2. Micah’s call for the people’s response 1:10-16The prophet used several clever wordplays in this poem to describe the desolation that God would bring on Judah. He selected towns and villages near his own hometown in Judah’s Shephelah whose names were similar to the coming devastations or to other conditions that he described. The known towns encircle Micah’s hometown of Moresheth-gath."Interestingly Sennacherib too used wordplays when recording his conquests." [Note: Martin, p. 1479. See the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:15

The Lord would bring on the inhabitants of Mareshah ("possessor") one who would take possession of them. The glory of Israel, probably her leaders, would flee ashamedly for safety to Adullam, as David had done earlier (1 Samuel 22:1). [Note: Charles H. Dyer, in The Old Testament Explorer, pp. 784-85, charted these place names, their meanings, and their significances helpfully.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:1-16

Judgment on Samaria and JudahSargon 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 like fate for Jerusalem, guilty of a like sin (Micah 1:9). To the prophet this ruin of the people is not like that of the other nations Assyria has destroyed. Since God is manifesting Himself in it, Micah summons the nations to witness the event (Micah 1:2-4). The scourge will fall most heavily on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:15

(15) Yet will I bring an heir.—Rather, the possessor, one who shall take it by force—i.e., Sennacherib.Mareshah was a city in the plain of Judah, near the prophet’s native place, Moresheth-gath. It was fortified by Rehoboam, and became the scene of Asa’s victory over the immense host of Zerah the Ethiopian. Dr. Robinson is of opinion that after its destruction the town of Eleutheropolis was built out of its materials.Adullam the glory of Israel.—Adullam, in the neighbourhood of Mareshah, was... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Micah 1:1-16

MICAH THE MORASTHITEMicah 1:1-16SOME 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 destroyer was pushing his way past Judah to meet Egypt at Raphia, a Judean prophet of the name of Micah, standing in sight of the Assyrian march, attacked the sins of his people and prophesied their speedy overthrow beneath the same flood of war. If we be correct in our surmise, the exact year was... read more

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