Micah 7:8-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:7-13

The prophet, having sadly complained of the wickedness of the times he lived in, here fastens upon some considerations for the comfort of himself and his friends, in reference thereunto. The case is bad, but it is not desperate. Yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. I. ?Though God be now displeased he shall be reconciled to us, and then all will be well, Mic. 7:7, 9. We are now under the indignation of the Lord; God is angry with us, and justly, because we have sinned against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:8

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ,.... These are the words of the prophet in the name of the church, continued in an apostrophe or address to his and their enemy; by whom may be meant, literally, the Chaldeans or Edomites, or both, who rejoiced at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the calamities the people of the Jews were brought into at it; see Psalm 137:7 ; spiritually, Satan the great enemy of mankind, and especially of the church and people of God, to whom it is a pleasure to draw... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord ,.... The Targum prefaces these words with "Jerusalem saith;' and they are the words of the prophet, in the name of Jerusalem or the church, resolving in the strength of divine grace to bear the present affliction, which had at least some appearance of divine indignation in it; not against the persons of God's people, who are always the objects of his love, and towards whom there is no fury in him; but against their sins, which are displeasing and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:10

Then she that is mine enemy shall see it ,.... The Chaldeans and Edomites shall see people of the Jews rising out of their calamities, brought out of the darkness of their captivity in Babylon, and enjoying the light of peace and prosperity in their own land. Some editions of the Targum, and Jarchi and Kimchi, have, in their glosses on this verse and Micah 7:9 , Rome, of whom they interpret this enemy, as Mr. Pocock observes; and so R. Elias F4 In Tishbi, p. 227. says the Targum... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy - The captive Israelites are introduced as speaking here and in the preceding verse. The enemy are the Assyrians and Chaldeans; the fall is their idolatry and consequent captivity; the darkness, the calamities they suffered in that captivity; their rise and light, their restoration and consequent blessedness. To rejoice over the fall or miseries of any man, betrays a malignant spirit. I have known several instances where people professing to hold a very... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord - The words of the penitent captives, acknowledging their sins and praying for mercy. Until he plead my cause - And wo to the slanderers, when God undertakes to plead for the fallen who have returned to him with deep compunction of heart, seeking redemption in the blood of the cross. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

Then she that is mine enemy - This may refer particularly to the city of Babylon. Shall she be trodden down - Literally fulfilled in the package of that city by the Persians, and its consequent total ruin. It became as mire; its walls, formed of brick kneaded with straw and baked in the sun, becoming exposed to the wet, dissolved, so that a vestige of the city remains not, except a few bricks digged from under the rubbish, several pieces of which now lie before me, and show the perishing... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

Verse 8 Here the Prophet assumes the character of the Church and repels a temptation, which proves very severe to us in adversities; for there is not so much bitterness in the evil itself, as in the mockery of the wicked, when they petulantly insult us and deride our faith. And to noble minds reproach is ever sharper than death itself: and yet the devil almost always employs this artifice; for when he sees that we stand firm in temptations, he suborns the wicked and sharpens their tongues to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

Verse 9 Here the Church of God animates and encourages herself to exercise patience, and does so especially by two arguments. She first sets before herself her sins, and thus humbles herself before God, whom she acknowledges to be a just Judge; and, in the second place, she embraces the hope of the forgiveness of her sins, and from this arises confidence as to her deliverance. By these two supports the Church sustains herself, that she fails not in her troubles, and gathers strength, as I have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

Verse 10 In the last lecture I repeated the tenth verse of the last chapter, in which the prophet adds, as a cause of the greatest joy, that the enemies of the Church shall see granted, to their great mortification, the wonderful favor of which the Prophet had been speaking. But he describes these enemies, under the character of an envious woman, as the Church of God is also compared to a woman: and this mode of speaking is common in Scripture. He then calls Jerusalem his rival, or Babylon, or... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:10

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