彌迦書 2:6-7 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 2:6-11

Here are two sins charged upon the people of Israel, and judgments denounced against them for each, such judgments as exactly answer the sin?persecuting God's prophets and oppressing God's poor. I. Persecuting God's prophets, suppressing and silencing them, is a sin that provokes God as much as anything, for it not only spits in the face of his authority over us, but spurns at the bowels of his mercy to us; for his sending prophets to us is a sure and valuable token of his goodwill. Now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy ,.... Or "drop not" F8 אל תטיפו "ne stilletis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Burkius, Junius & Tremellius; "ne stillatote", Piscator. ; such terrible words, such menacing things; let them not flow from your lips with such profusion and abundance; cease from speaking in the name of the Lord, if we can hear nothing else but sharp reproofs, and severe judgments: or the first word respects the true prophets of the Lord, and forbids... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:7

O thou that art named the house of Jacob ,.... Called after that great and good man, and reckoned the people of God, and have the character of being religious persons; but, alas! have but a name, and not the thing, and are the degenerate offspring of that famous patriarch: is the Spirit of the Lord straitened ? or "shortened" F14 הקצר "abbreviatus est", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Cocceius; "decurtatus esset", Piscator. ; the Spirit of the Lord in his prophets, is it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not - Do not predict any more evils - we have as many as we can bear. We are utterly ruined - shame and confusion cover our faces. The original is singular, and expressive of sorrow and sobbing. Literally, "Do not cause it to rain; they will cause it to rain; they cannot make it rain sooner than this; confusion shall not depart from us." To rain, often means to preach, to prephesy; Ezekiel 20:46 , Ezekiel 21:2 ; Amos 7:16 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Job 29:22 ; Proverbs 5:3 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:7

Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? - This is the complaint of the Israelites, and a part of the lamentation. Doth it not speak by other persons as well as by Micah? Doth it communicate to us such influences as it did formerly? Is it true that these evils are threatened by that Spirit? Are these his doings? To which Jehovah answers, "Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?" No upright man need fear any word spoken by me: my words to such yield instruction and comfort; never... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:6

Verse 6 Here the conciseness of the expressions has made interpreters to differ in their views. Some read thus, Distill ye not, — they will distill; that is, the Jews speak against the prophets, and with threats forbid them, as with authority, to address them. The Hebrew word, distill, means the same as to speak; though at the same time it is applied more commonly to weighty addresses than to such as are common and ordinary. If any understands, they will distill, or speak, of the Jews, then the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:7

Verse 7 The Prophet now reproves the Israelites with greater severity, because they attempted to impose a law on God and on his prophets and would not endure the free course of instruction. He told us in the last verse, that the Israelites were inflated with so much presumption, that they wished to make terms with God: “Let him not prophesy” they said, as though it were in the power of man to rule God: and the Prophet now repeats, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? as though he said, Ye see... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-11

Delineations of deep transgression, righteous retribution, and Divine equity. We have in these verses three pictures, drawn by a master hand, and very suggestive of practical teaching. I. A PICTURE OF DEEP TRANSGRESSION . ( Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 , Micah 2:8 , Micah 2:9 .) Observe delineated in it: 1 . The abuse of privilege . ( Micah 2:1 .) What a boon is night! "The season of repose; the blessed barrier betwixt day and day," when the hum and bustle, the anxiety... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not; literally, drop ye not , as Amos 7:16 (where see note). The speakers are generally supposed to be the false prophets who wish to stop the mouths of Micah and those who are like minded with him. This is probably correct; but these are not the only speakers; the people themselves, the oppressing grandees, who side with the popularity hunting seers, are also included (see note on verse 12). Say they to them that prophesy ; rather, thus they prophesy ( drop ) . Micah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:6

An impious veto; a fatal withdrawal. We adopt as our rendering of this difficult verse, "Prophesy not; they shall indeed prophesy; they shall not prophesy to these; shame shall not depart." We see hers— I. AN IMPIOUS VETO . Men may seek to put their veto on a faithful messenger in various ways. 1 . By seeking to persuade him to utter smooth words. Thus Micaiah's integrity was first assailed ( 1 Kings 22:13 ). So, too, in the later days of Amos ( Amos 2:12 , where the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 2:6-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:6

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