Micah 7:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 7:1-6

This is such a description of bad times as, some think, could scarcely agree to the times of Hezekiah, when this prophet prophesied; and therefore they rather take it as a prediction of what should be in the reign of Manasseh. But we may rather suppose it to be in the reign of Ahaz (and in that reign he prophesied, Mic. 1:1) or in the beginning of Hezekiah's time, before the reformation he was instrumental in; nay, in the best of his days, and when he had done his best to purge out... read more

John Gill

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

The good man is perished out of the earth ,.... Here the prophet expresses in plain words what he had before delivered in figurative terms. The "good" or "godly" man, as in Psalm 12:1 ; is one that has received the grace of God, and blessings of grace from him, and lives a godly life and conversation; who has the good work of grace begun in him and is found in the performance of good works, and does his duty both to God and man from godly principles; and particularly is kind and merciful... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The good man is perished out of the earth - A similar sentiment may be found, Psalm 12:1 ; Isaiah 57:1 . As the early fig of excellent flavor cannot be found in the advanced season of summer, or a choice cluster of grapes after vintage, so neither can the good and upright man be discovered by searching in Israel. This comparison, says Bp. Newcome, is beautifully implied. They hunt every man his brother with a net - This appears to be an allusion to the ancient mode of duel between... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 2 In the second verse he expresses more clearly his mind, Perished, he says, has the righteous (182) from the land, and there is none upright (183) among men. Here now he does not personify the land. It was indeed a forcible and an emphatic language, when he complained at the beginning, that he groaned as though the land was ashamed of its dearth: but the Prophet now performs the office of a teacher, Perished, he says, has the righteous from the land; there is no one upright among men;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:1-2

A moral dearth in the land. The prophet, speaking in the name of the godly remnant of the land, laments their terrible isolation. We are thus reminded of the sad condition of a land in which there is a dearth of good men. For: 1 . They are the choice fruit of the land —wholesome, fragrant, delicious. The ideal Israel is compared to "grapes" and "the first ripe in the fig tree" (Hoe. 9:10). The Lord "taketh pleasure" in such; they satisfy the hunger of the Divine heart for godliness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:1-6

§ 5. Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:1-6

The wail of a true patriot on the moral corruptions of his country. "Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit," etc. In these verses the prophet bewails the moral condition of his country. The picture he draws of its wickedness is a very hideous one. It answers not only to the character of the people in the reign of Ahaz, but to their character under the reign of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:1-13

The good in degenerate times. We are not to understand these verses as referring specially to the prophet himself. In Micah 1:8 , Micah 1:9 we have his own lamentation in view of the prevailing ungodliness; here "the speaker is not the prophet, but the true Israel, i.e. Israel within Israel, personified" (Cheyne). God has never left himself without witnesses. Even in the most corrupt and degenerate times he has had a people to show forth his praise. It was so in the age to which this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:2

This verse explains the preceding comparison; the grape and the early fig represent the righteous man. The good man ; LXX ; εὐσεβής , the godly, pious man. The Hebrew word ( khasidh ) implies one who exercises love to others, who is merciful, loving, and righteous. Is perished out of the earth; has disappeared from the world (comp. Psalms 14:2 , Psalms 14:3 ; and especially Isaiah 57:1 ). They all lie in wait for blood. They all practise violence and rapine, and meditate... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:2

The, good - or godly, or merciful, the English marginMan - The Hebrew word contains all. It is “he who loveth tenderly and piously” God, for His own sake, and man, for the sake of God. Mercy was probably chiefly intended, since it wits to this that the prophet had exhorted, and the sins which he proceeds to speak of, are against this. But imaginary love of God without love of man, or love of man without the love of God, is mere self-deceit. “Is perished out of the earth,” that is, by an... read more

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