§ 5. Israel's penitential acknowledgment of the general corruption.
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Micah 7:1-6
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Matthew Henry on Micah 7:1-7Micah 7:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. Contemp…The Sins of the People. (b. c. 700.)Micah 7:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. (B. C. 700.) 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…The Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1Micah 7:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWoe is me! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he represents repentant Israel confessing its corruption and lamenting the necessity of punishment. I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits; literally, I am as…The Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1-13Micah 7:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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 spe…The Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1-6Micah 7:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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 t…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Micah 7:1-7The prophet bemoans himself that he lived among a people ripening apace for ruin, in which many good persons would suffer. Men had no comfort, no satisfaction in their own families or in their nearest relations. Contemp…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Sins of the People. (b. c. 700.)THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. (B. C. 700.) 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1-13The 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 spe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1Woe is me! (Job 10:15). Micah threatens no more; he represents repentant Israel confessing its corruption and lamenting the necessity of punishment. I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits; literally, I am as…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:1-6The 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 t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:2This 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 othe…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:3Earnest sinners. A contrast is suggested between various grades of evil doing. Some are. not so much active as passive in sin. They drift; they are led; when sinners entice them they "consent," perhaps reluctantly at fi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Micah 7:3That they may do evil, etc. rather, both hands are upon (equivalent to "busy with") evil to do it thoroughly. This clause and the rest of the verse are very obscure Cheyne supposes the text to be corrupt. Henderson rend…Joseph S. Exell and contributors