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{{Bible chapter|letname= Micah 7 |previouslink= Micah 4 |previousletter= chapter 4 |nextlink= Nahum 1 |nextletter= Nahum 1 |book=[[Book of Micah]] |biblepart=[[Old Testament]] | booknum= 33 |category= [[Nevi'im]] | filename= Micah 2.jpg | size=250px | name=Micah 6.15 |caption=<div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">An illustration of Micah 6:15: " Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap." (www.ordination.org).</div>}} |
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'''Micah 7''' is the seventh (and the last) chapter of the [[Book of Micah]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]] or the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Christian]] [[Bible]].<ref name=Halley>Halley, Henry H. ''Halley's Bible Handbook'': an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.</ref><ref name=Holman>Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.</ref> This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet [[Micah]], and is a part of the [[Twelve Minor Prophets|Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets]].<ref name="Davis">J. D. Davis. 1960. ''A Dictionary of The Bible''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.</ref><ref name="Hiebert">Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. ''The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VI''. Nashville: Abingdon.</ref> |
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== Text == |
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* The original text is written in [[Hebrew language]]. |
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* [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into]] 20 verses. |
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==Textual versions== |
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Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language: |
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* [[Masoretic Text]] ([[10th century]]) |
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* [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]: ([[2nd century BC]])<ref name=thewaytoyahuweh>[http://thewaytoyahuweh.com/research/dead-sea-scrolls/#micah Dead sea scrolls - Micah]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Timothy A. J. Jull |author2=Douglas J. Donahue |author3=Magen Broshi |author4=Emanuel Tov |url=https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/1642 |title=Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert |journal=Radiocarbon |volume=38 |number=1 |year=1995 |page=14 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}</ref> |
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** 4Q82 (4QXII<sup>g</sup>): extant: verses 1‑3, 20<ref name=thewaytoyahuweh/> |
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** Wadi Murabba’at (MurXII): extant: verses 1‑20<ref name=thewaytoyahuweh/> |
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Ancient translations in [[Koine Greek]]: |
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* [[Septuagint]] ([[3rd century BC]]) |
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* [[Theodotion]] version (~AD [[180]]) |
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==Structure== |
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This chapter can be grouped into: |
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*{{bibleref2|Micah|7:1-7|NKJV}} = Sorrow for Israel’s Sins |
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*{{bibleref2|Micah|7:8-13|NKJV}} = Israel’s Confession and Comfort |
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*{{bibleref2|Micah|7:14-20|NKJV}} = God Will Forgive Israel |
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==Verse 6== |
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: ''For the son dishonoureth the father,'' |
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:: ''the daughter riseth up against her mother,'' |
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: ''the daughter in law against her mother in law;'' |
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:: ''a man's enemies are the men of his own house.''<ref>{{bibleref2|Micah|7:6|KJV}}</ref> |
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* Cited by [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] in {{bibleref2|Matthew|10:35-36}} (parallel verse: {{bibleref2|Luke|12:53}}) |
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* "For the son dishonoureth": Septuagint, ἀτιμάζει: Vulgate, ''contumeliam facit''; literally, "treats as a fool", "despises" (Deuteronomy 32:6, 15). (Also see Matthew 10:21, 35, etc.).<ref name=pulpit>Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The [[Pulpit Commentary]]. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890.{{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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* "men of his own house": his sons and his servants, who should honour his person, defend his property, and promote his interest; but, instead of that, do everything that is injurious to him. These words are referred to by Christ, and used by him to describe the times in which he lived, Matthew 10:35; and the prophet may be thought to have an eye to the same, while he is settling forth the badness of his own times; and the Jews seem to think be had a regard to them, since they say,<ref>Misn. Sotah, c. 9. sect. 15.</ref> that, when the Messiah comes, "the son shall dishonour his father", &c. plainly having this passage in view; and the; whole agrees with the times of Christ, in which there were few good men; it was a wicked age, an adulterous generation of men, he lived among; great corruption there was in princes, priests, and people; in the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, and in all ranks and degrees of men; and he that ate bread with Christ, even Judas, lifted up his heel against him. The times in which Micah the prophet here speaks of seem to he the times of Ahaz, who was a wicked prince; and the former part of Hezekiah's reign, before a reformation was started, or at least brought about, in whose reigns he prophesied; though some have thought he here predicts the sad times in the reign of Manasseh, which is not so probable.<ref name=gill>John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746-1763.{{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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==Verse 18== |
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: ''Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity,'' |
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:: ''and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?'' |
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: ''he retaineth not his anger for ever,'' |
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:: ''because he delighteth in mercy.''<ref>{{bibleref2|Micah|7:18|KJV}}</ref> |
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* "Who is a God like unto thee? The question seems to recall the prophet's own name (''micah-yah''), which means, "Who is like Jehovah?" and the clause in Moses' song (Exodus 15:11), "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?" Such comparisons are made from the standpoint of the nations who believe in the real existence of their false gods.<ref name=pulpit/> |
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* "That pardoneth", and beareth and taketh away also, "and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage", that is, His heritage, which is a remnant still when "the rest are blinded" Romans 11:7; and this, not of its merits but of His mercy; since it is not His nature to "retain His anger forever"; not for anything in them, but "because He delighteth in mercy", as He saith, "I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever" Jeremiah 3:12. "I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine oum sake, and will not remember thy sins" Isaiah 43:25. : "For although God for a time is angry with His elect, chastening them mercifully in this life, yet in the end He hath compassion on them, giving them everlasting consolations."<ref name=barnes>Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.{{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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* "the remnant" — who shall be permitted to survive the previous judgment: the elect remnant of grace (Mic 4:7; 5:3, 7, 8).<ref name=jfb>Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. ''[[Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary|Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible]]''. 1871.{{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Abraham]] |
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* [[Assyria]] |
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* [[Bashan]] |
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* [[Carmel]] |
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* [[Egypt]] |
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* [[Gilead]] |
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* [[Jacob]] |
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* [[Euphrates|The "River" (Euphrates)]] |
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*Related [[Bible]] parts: [[Matthew 10]], [[Luke 12]], [[Philippians 2]] |
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==Notes and references== |
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==External links== |
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===Jewish=== |
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*[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1807.htm Micah 7 Original Hebrew with Parallel English] |
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*[http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16193 Micah 7 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary] |
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===Christian=== |
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*[http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=38&c=7 Micah 7 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] |
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Revision as of 01:33, 18 January 2017
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 An illustration of Micah 6:15: " Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap." (www.ordination.org). | |
| Book | Book of Micah |
| Category | Nevi'im |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 33 |
Micah 7 is the seventh (and the last) chapter of the Book of Micah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Micah, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[3][4]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 20 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped into:
- Micah 7:1–7 = Sorrow for Israel’s Sins
- Micah 7:8–13 = Israel’s Confession and Comfort
- Micah 7:14–20 = God Will Forgive Israel
Verse 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.[7]
- Cited by Jesus Christ in Matthew 10:35–36 (parallel verse: Luke 12:53)
- "For the son dishonoureth": Septuagint, ἀτιμάζει: Vulgate, contumeliam facit; literally, "treats as a fool", "despises" (Deuteronomy 32:6, 15). (Also see Matthew 10:21, 35, etc.).[8]
- "men of his own house": his sons and his servants, who should honour his person, defend his property, and promote his interest; but, instead of that, do everything that is injurious to him. These words are referred to by Christ, and used by him to describe the times in which he lived, Matthew 10:35; and the prophet may be thought to have an eye to the same, while he is settling forth the badness of his own times; and the Jews seem to think be had a regard to them, since they say,[9] that, when the Messiah comes, "the son shall dishonour his father", &c. plainly having this passage in view; and the; whole agrees with the times of Christ, in which there were few good men; it was a wicked age, an adulterous generation of men, he lived among; great corruption there was in princes, priests, and people; in the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, and in all ranks and degrees of men; and he that ate bread with Christ, even Judas, lifted up his heel against him. The times in which Micah the prophet here speaks of seem to he the times of Ahaz, who was a wicked prince; and the former part of Hezekiah's reign, before a reformation was started, or at least brought about, in whose reigns he prophesied; though some have thought he here predicts the sad times in the reign of Manasseh, which is not so probable.[10]
Verse 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.[11]
- "Who is a God like unto thee? The question seems to recall the prophet's own name (micah-yah), which means, "Who is like Jehovah?" and the clause in Moses' song (Exodus 15:11), "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?" Such comparisons are made from the standpoint of the nations who believe in the real existence of their false gods.[8]
- "That pardoneth", and beareth and taketh away also, "and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage", that is, His heritage, which is a remnant still when "the rest are blinded" Romans 11:7; and this, not of its merits but of His mercy; since it is not His nature to "retain His anger forever"; not for anything in them, but "because He delighteth in mercy", as He saith, "I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever" Jeremiah 3:12. "I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine oum sake, and will not remember thy sins" Isaiah 43:25. : "For although God for a time is angry with His elect, chastening them mercifully in this life, yet in the end He hath compassion on them, giving them everlasting consolations."[12]
- "the remnant" — who shall be permitted to survive the previous judgment: the elect remnant of grace (Mic 4:7; 5:3, 7, 8).[13]
See also
- Related Bible parts: Matthew 10, Luke 12, Philippians 2
Notes and references
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ^ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ a b c Dead sea scrolls - Micah
- ^ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ Micah 7:6
- ^ a b Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Misn. Sotah, c. 9. sect. 15.
- ^ John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746-1763. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Micah 7:18
- ^ Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. 1871. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.