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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:6

Therefore - (literally, “And”) I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard Jerome: “The order of the sin was the order or the punishment.” Samaria’s sins were the earliest, the most obstinate, the most unbroken, bound up with its being as a state. On it then God’s judgments should first fall. It was a crown of pride Isaiah 28:1, resting on the head of the rich valleys, out of which it rose. Its soil is still rich . “The whole is now cultivated in terraces” , “to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:7

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 they were made. The wars of the Assyrians being religious wars , the idolatry of Assyria destroyed the idolatry and idols of Israel.And all the hires thereof shall be burned with fire - All forsaking of God being spiritual fornication from Him who made His creatures for Himself, the hires are all... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:8

Therefore I will - Therefore I wouldWail - (properly, beat, that is, on the breast).And howl - “Let me alone,” he would say, “that I may vent my sorrow in all ways of expressing sorrow, beating on the breast and wailing, using all acts and sounds of grief.” It is as we would say, “Let me mourn on,” a mourning inexhaustible, because the woe too and the cause of grief was unceasing. The prophet becomes in words, probably in acts too, an image of his people, doing as they should do hereafter. He... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:6-7

Micah 1:6-7. 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 Vulgate reads, I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in a field, when a vineyard is planted. I will pour down the stones thereof, &c. The stones of it shall be tumbled down, from the lofty eminence on which it is situated, into the valley beneath, and shall leave the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:8-9

Micah 1:8-9. Therefore I will wail and howl I will mourn and lament. I will go stripped and naked That is, without an upper garment; or with garments rent and torn. This would fitly denote the naked condition to which the ten tribes were to be reduced by their enemies. I will make a wailing like dragons The word rendered dragons, according to Pocock on the place, may “signify a kind of wild beast like a dog, between a dog and a fox, or a wolf and a fox, which the Arabians, from the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 1:1-16

1:1-3:12 SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM DOOMEDA picture of coming destruction (1:1-16)The prophet Micah was from a country village in the Judean foothills between the central mountain range and the coastal plain. He was probably a farmer, and he directed his attacks at the upper class city dwellers who drove the farmers into poverty. They lived in luxury by exploiting the poor. As a Judean he was concerned mainly with conditions in his country’s capital, Jerusalem, but he also attacked the northern... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:6

discover, &c. This has now recently (1911) been done in the unearthing of Ahab's wine-cellars. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:7

graven images. Hebrew. pesilim. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:4 ). App-92 . hires. The technical Pentateuchal word for a harlot's hire, to which idolatry is compared. Compare Hosea 8:9 , Hosea 8:10 ; Hosea 9:1 . Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:18 ). App-92 . they shall return, &c.: i.e. the wealth gained by idolatry shall be taken away by the Assyrian idolaters. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:8

wail = lament. Compare the Structure above; and note weight of the prophetic "burden". dragons = jackals. owls. Hebrew daughters of a doleful cry. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 1:6

"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 will uncover the foundations thereof."The fact of this verse being a prophecy of what God promised that he would do indicates that the prophecy was written some time prior to 722 B.C., at which time the most terrible fulfillment of all that was promised here actually occurred. Sargon I I, completed the seige in the latter part of 722 and the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 1:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 1:6

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