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96621 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:2. The good man is a godly man and a merciful man; the word signifies both. Those are completely good men that are devout towards God and compassionate …
96622 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.4 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:7, 7:9. We are now under the indignation of the Lord; God is angry with us, and justly, because we have sinned against him .” Note, It is our sin against God that …
96623 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.5 (Matthew Henry)
II. Though enemies triumph and insult, they shall be silenced and put to shame, Micah 7:8, 7:10. Observe here,
96624 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.7 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Micah 7:8 ): “ Rejoice not against me, O my enemy ! I am now down, but shall not be always so, and when my God appears for me then she that is my enemy shall see it, and be ashamed …
96625 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.8 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:13. God has a controversy with the land, and it must lie long under his rebukes, because of those that dwell therein; it is their iniquity that makes their …
96626 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.9 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zechariah 12:10 …
96627 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:16, 7:17. The nations about shall take notice of it, and it shall be said among the heathen, The Lord has done great things for them, Psalms 126:2. The impression …
96628 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.11 (Matthew Henry)
III. The prophet’s thankful acknowledgment of God’s mercy, in the name of the church, with a believing dependence upon his promise, Micah 7:18-7:20. We are here taught,
96629 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.12 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:18. God having promised to bring back the captivity of his people, the prophet, on that occasion, admires pardoning mercy, as that which was at the bottom …
96630 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 901.13 (Matthew Henry)
… , Micah 7:19, 7:20. (1.) He will renew his favours to us: He will turn again; he will have compassion; that is, he will again have compassion upon us as formerly he had; his …
96631 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 902.7 (Matthew Henry)
2. This is particularly applied to his anger. If God be an almighty God, we may thence infer ( Nahum 1:6 ), Who can stand before his indignation ? The Ninevites had once …
96632 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 902.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7 ): The Lord is good to those that are good, and to them he will be a stronghold in the day of trouble. Note, The same almighty power that is exerted for the terror …
96633 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 902.10 (Matthew Henry)
… 36:7 ); with this wicked counsellor he here expostulates ( Nahum 1:9 ): “ What do you imagine against the Lord ? What a foolish wicked thing it is for you to plot against …
96634 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 902.17 (Matthew Henry)
… 52:7 ), not that the prophets stole the word one from another (as those did, Jeremiah 23:30 ), but speaking by the same Spirit, they often used the same expressions …
96635 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 903.1 (Matthew Henry)
… 2:7-2:10. IV. All this is traced up to its true causes—their sinning against God and God’s appearing against them, Nahum 2:11-2:13. All this was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar …
96636 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 903.5 (Matthew Henry)
… 2:7 ): Huzzab shall be led away captive; she that was established (so some read it), thought herself safe because she was concealed and shut up in secret, shall be …
96637 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 904.7 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Jeremiah 7:12 ), so to Nineveh that great city, Go, see what I did to populous No. Note, It will help to keep us in a holy fear of the judgments of God to consider that …
96638 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 905.6 (Matthew Henry)
… 1:7 ): They are terrible and dreadful, famed for the gallant troops they bring into the field ( Habakkuk 1:8 ); their horses are swifter than leopards to charge and …
96639 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 905.7 (Matthew Henry)
2. A prophecy of the terrible execution that shall be made by this terrible nation: They shall march through the breadth of the earth (so it may be read); for in …
96640 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 905.13 (Matthew Henry)
… 10:7. Note, It is matter of great comfort to us, in reference to the troubles and afflictions of the church, that, whatever mischief men design to them, God designs …