The Strand Study Bible

MICAH 1:10

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MICAH 2:13

The promise of Assyria to distress more Judean cities (Fulfilled - II Ki 18:13,14 - 704 BC)

neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. P 4 2 In In that day shall one take up a par- able against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say,We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. P 5 2 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall 14 cast a cord by lot in the congrega- tion of the LORD. P 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the SPIRIT OF THE 15 LORD 16 straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the gar- ment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: 17 because it is polluted, 2 it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. P 11 If a man walking in the spirit and false- hood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. The promise of Israel’s restoration 12 18 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. P 13 19 The BREAKER is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their 20 KING shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. PP when CHRIST returns (Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-20:4)

1. or “house of dust” 2. Fulfilled - II Ki 18:13,14 & II Chro 32:1 & Isa 36:1 (Assyrian Distress of Judean Cities) 3. or, “females” 4. meaning,“ beautiful” 5. meaning, “going out”

10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the 1 house of Aphrah 2 roll thyself in the dust. P 11 2 Pass ye away, thou 3 inhabitant of 4 Saphir, having thy shame naked: the in- habitant of 5 Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of 6 Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. P 12 For the 3 inhabitant of 7 Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. P 13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin 2 to the daughter of Zion: 8 for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. P 14 2 Therefore shalt thou give presents to 9 Moresheth-gath: the houses of 10 Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. P 15 Yet will 2 I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of 11 Mareshah: he shall come unto 12 Adullam the glory of Israel. P 16 13 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; 2 for they are gone into captivity from thee. P Micah 2 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morn- ing is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. The promise of Assyria to distress more Judean cities (Fulfilled - II Ki 18:13,14 - 704 BC) 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD ; Behold, against this family 2 do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; The reason for destruction (The rich throw down the poor) Date - c. 747 BC/AM 3253

6. meaning, “foundation” 7. meaning, “bitterness” 8. Ezk 23:1-11 9. Mic 1:1

10. meaning, “lie ; false” - Gen 38:5

11. meaning, “inheritance” 12. I Sam 22:1 13. that is, “mourn because of the impending Assyrian invasion” 14. or, “measure so as to buy some property” 15. “ Jehovah ” Note - In this case Jehovah is referring to God the Holy Spirit. 16. or, “restricted”

17. Lev 18:25 18. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4 (Israel’s Restoration)

19. Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21 (Christ’s Second Coming) 20. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom)

1:10 The phrase ( Declare ye ) was a proverbial expression for “disaster” (II Sam 1:20). 1:13 Lachish was the city that the Assyrians attacked, before they tried to invade Jerusalem (II Ki 18:13-17). 1:14 Because Micah’s prophecy would come to pass, many would confirm his ability to prophetically predict the future, by sending him presents to his own hometown. 1:15 The word “ he ” here is speaking of the nobility and leadership of these Judean cities. 2:1 The wealthy upper class devised ways of taking ( power of their hand ) what they wanted from the poor. 2:11 Woe to people who prefer preachers ( he shall even be the prophet of this people ) who will tell them only what they want to hear (II Tim 4:1-3). 2:13 The term “ BREAKER ” here is a title for the coming MESSIAH . It means “ one who removes obstacles .”