Micah 7 8 kjv12/13/2023 ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() 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. The Sins of the People (700 B.C.)ฤก 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. They must themselves triumph in the mercy and grace of God, and his faithfulness to his covenant ( ver 18-20), and with that comfortable word the prophecy concludes. They must foresee the fall of their enemies, that now triumphed over them, ver 16, 17. ![]() They must encourage themselves with God's promises, in answer to the prophet's prayers, ver 14, 15. They must expect no other than that the trouble would continue long, and must endeavour to make the best of it, ver 11-13. They must patiently lie down under the rebukes of their God, ver 9. They must courageously bear up against the insolences of the enemy, ver 8-10. The prophet, for the sake of the church, prescribes comforts, which may be of use at such a time, and gives counsel what to do. The prophet, in the name of the church, sadly laments the woeful decay of religion in the age wherein he lived, and the deluge of impiety and immorality which overwhelmed the nation, which levelled the differences, and bore down the fences, of all that is just and sacred, ver 1-6. ![]()
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