Micah 1:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 1:8-16

We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom. I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic. 1:8, 9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a man distracted with grief. The prophets usually expressed their own grief for the public grievances, partly to mollify the predictions of them, and to make it appear that is was not out of ill-will that they denounced the judgments of God (so far were they from desiring the woeful day that they dreaded... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 1:15

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah ,.... Another city in the tribe of Judah, mentioned with Achzib in Joshua 15:44 ; and by many thought to be the birth place of this prophet; and, if so, his faithfulness may be observed in declaring the whole counsel of God, though against his own fire place; and this must be an aggravation of the sin of the inhabitants of it, that they had such a prophet that arose from them, and they regarded him not. There is a beautiful... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:15

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O - Mareshah - Here is another instance, הירש haigeresh , to bring an heir, and מרשה mareshah , the city, the name of which signifies heirship. And so of the above proper names. Adullam the glory of Israel - This was a fenced city in the south of Judah (see 2 Chronicles 11:7 ;) towards the Dead Sea. There is much obscurity in the concluding verses of this chapter. They undoubtedly refer to the captivity of Israel, and to circumstances of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:15

Verse 15 The Prophet here threatens his own birth place, as he had done other cities; for, as we have stated, he sprung from this city. He does not now spare his own kindred: for as God is no respecter of persons, so also God’s servants ought, as with closed eyes, to deal impartially with all, so as not to be turned here and there either by favor or by hatred, but to follows without any change, whatever the Lord commands them. We see that Micah was endued with this spirit, for he reproved his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:10-15

4. The judgment on Judah is exemplified by the fate of certain of its cities, whose names the prophet connects with their punishment in a series of paronomasias. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:11-16

Sorrow following in the train of evil. I. THIS TRUTH IS SET FORTH IN THESE VERSES IN POETICAL LANGUAGE . The prophet does not mention the land of Judah, but he singles out a number of places in the country, and addresses them by name, employing phraseology calculated to produce a strong impression concerning the grief and sadness that should overspread the nation. We may fittingly compare with this a similar passage in the book of Micah's contemporary, Isaiah ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 1:15

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah. "Mareshah" sounds like Morashah, the Hebrew word for "inheritance;" so the play is, "I will bring an inheritor who shall claim your Heritage town." The "heir" is the Assyrian king, Sargon, into whose possession the city shall pass. Mareshah ( Joshua 15:44 ; 2 Chronicles 14:9 ) was near Achzib, one mile southcast of Beit Jibrin, and is now called Mer'ash . He shall come, etc.; better, the glory of Israel shall come to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:15

Yet will I bring an heir - (the heir, him whom God had appointed to be the heir, Sennacherib) unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah Mareshah, (as the original form of its name denotes, lay on the summit of a hill. “Its ruins only were still seen,” in the time of Eusebius and Jerome, “in the second mile from Eleutheropolis” (Onomasticon). : “Foundations still remain on the south-eastern part of the remarkable Tell, south of Beth-Jibrin.” Rehoboam fortified it also 2 Chronicles 11:8. Zerah the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 1:13-15

Micah 1:13-15. O thou inhabitant of Lachish This was a strong fortress in the tribe of Judah: see Joshua 15:39. Bind the chariot to the swift beast In order to flee from the approaching enemy. Lachish was one of the first cities that Sennacherib besieged, when he invaded Judea. She is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion She was the first among the cities of Judah which practised those idolatries which the kings and people of Israel had begun. Therefore shalt thou give... 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

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