Micah 7
Lutheran reading notes
In Micah chapter 7, the prophetic message develops the theme of judgment, justice, and the promise of a coming ruler. Lutheran interpretation often highlights the contrast between divine judgment against sin and the promise of grace that God provides for those who trust in Him.
1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: {there is} no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. {when...: Heb. the gatherings of summer}
Micah 7:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
The good {man} is perished out of the earth: and {there is} none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. {good: or, godly, or, merciful}
Micah 7:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge {asketh} for a reward; and the great {man}, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. {his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul}
Micah 7:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
The best of them {is} as a brier: the most upright {is sharper} than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen {and} thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Micah 7:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
5
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Micah 7:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
6
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies {are} the men of his own house.
Micah 7:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD {shall be} a light unto me.
Micah 7:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.
Micah 7:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
10
Then {she that is} mine enemy shall see {it}, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. {Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame} {shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down}
Micah 7:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
{In} the day that thy walls are to be built, {in} that day shall the decree be far removed.
Micah 7:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
{In} that day {also} he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and {from} the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and {from} mountain to mountain. {{and from} the fortified cities: or, even to the fortified cities}
Micah 7:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. {Notwithstanding: or, After that it hath been}
Micah 7:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily {in} the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed {in} Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. {Feed: or, Rule}
Micah 7:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
15
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous {things}.
Micah 7:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
16
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay {their} hand upon {their} mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Micah 7:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. {worms: or, creeping things}
Micah 7:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
18
Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.
Micah 7:18 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:19 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, {and} the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Micah 7:20 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.