Micah 7:20 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 7:20

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 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob - The promises which he has made to Jacob and his posterity. Not one of them can ever fall to the ground. "And the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn;" viz., that "in his Seed all the families of the earth should be blessed;" that the Messiah should come from Abraham, through his son Isaac, by Jacob and David; be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of his people Israel. And this promise, and this oath, God has most signally fulfilled by... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:20

Verse 20 The faithful confirm here the former truth, that God had deposited his covenant with them, which could not be made void: and hence also shines forth more clearly what I have said before, that the faithful do not learn by their own understanding what sort of Being God is, but embrace the mercy which he offers in his own word. Except God then speaks, we cannot form in our own minds any idea of his grace but what is uncertain and vanishing; but when he declares that he will be merciful to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:18-20

§ 8. The book ends with a lyric ode in praise of God ' s mercy and faithfulness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform (literally, give ) the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham. Jacob and Abraham are mentioned as the chiefs and representatives of the chosen family; and "the truth" ( i.e. God's faithfulness to his promises) and "mercy" are equally given to both, separately assigned only for the sake of the parallelism. Knabenbaner compares such passages as Psalms 114:1 , "When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language" (Psalm or. 6; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:20

The Divine promises and their fulfilment. These words bear upon them the impress of deep human experience. They form the crowning testimony of a man who had long proved the reality of that which they affirm. In closing his book of prophecy he would, with all his heart and soul, affix his seal to the bright declaration that God is ever faithful and true. Jehovah was to him a living reality, the centre of his affections and the strength of his heart. "He endured as seeing him who is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham - What was free mercy to Abraham, became, when God had once promised it, His truth. Abraham also stands for all those, who in him and his Seed should be blessed, those who were “aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” Ephesians 2:12, in no covenant or relation with God, as well as those who were the children of the faith; pagan, as well as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:20

Micah 7:20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob Thou wilt perform to his posterity what thou didst promise to Jacob. And the mercy to Abraham As the promises given to Abraham were made to him and to his seed after him, so the Scriptures speak of the blessings bestowed upon his children, as if they were actually made good to him their progenitor. Among the promises made to Abraham and the other patriarchs, one important one was, that their seed should possess the land of Canaan. This... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 7:1-20

Sin, repentance and forgiveness (7:1-20)Speaking as one of the genuine believers in the nation, Micah confesses that God’s accusations are true. The prophet can find nothing to satisfy him in the life of the people as a whole. Judah as a nation is fruitless and of no use to God (7:1).All around him Micah sees a society that is in a state of moral decay. Gang warfare is widespread, and law-breakers buy protection from judges. Rich businessmen and other influential persons bribe government... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 7:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 7:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 7:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 7:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 7:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 7:1-20

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