Micah 7:14-20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

Here is, I. The prophet's prayer to God to take care of his own people, and of their cause and interest, Mic. 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zech. 12:10. And when we see God coming towards us in ways of mercy, we must go forth to meet him by prayer. It is a prophetic prayer, which amounts to a promise of the good prayed for; what God directed his prophet to ask no doubt he designed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod ,.... These are either the words of God the Father to Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, calling upon him to do his office as such; to feed the people he had given him, the sheep of his hand, the flock of his pasture, by his Spirit, and with his word and ordinances; see Zechariah 11:5 ; or of Christ to his ministers, his undershepherds, to feed his sheep and his lambs, the people committed to their care and charge, with wholesome words, with sound and... read more

John Gill

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 7:14

Feed thy people with thy rod - בשבטך beshibtecha , "with thy crook." The shepherd's crook is most certainly designed, as the word flock immediately following shows. No rod of correction or affliction is here intended; nor does the word mean such. Solitarily - They have been long without a shepherd or spiritual governor. In the midst of Carmel - Very fruitful in vines. Bashan and Gilead - Proverbially fruitful in pasturages. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:15

According to the days - This is the answer to the prophet's prayer; and God says he will protect, save, defend, and work miracles for them in their restoration, such as he wrought for their fathers in their return from Egypt to the promised land. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:14-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:14

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 7:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:15

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