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Micah
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Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard. There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. See also: Isaiah 28:4Hosea 9:10Isaiah 24:13The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net. See also: Psalms 12:1Jeremiah 5:26Isaiah 57:1Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together. See also: Micah 3:11Proverbs 4:16-17Amos 5:12The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion. See also: Isaiah 22:5Ezekiel 2:6Isaiah 10:3Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth! See also: Jeremiah 9:4Psalms 118:8-9Matthew 10:16For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. See also: Matthew 10:35-36Luke 12:53Matthew 10:21But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. See also: Lamentations 3:25-26Psalms 37:71 John 5:14-15Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. See also: John 8:12Psalms 27:1Isaiah 9:2I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. See also: 1 Corinthians 4:5Psalms 37:61 Samuel 24:15Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. See also: Jeremiah 50:33-34Psalms 42:10Zechariah 10:5A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary. See also: Amos 9:11-15Isaiah 54:11Nehemiah 4:6In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain. See also: Isaiah 19:23-25Isaiah 11:16Hosea 11:11Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. See also: Isaiah 3:10-11Jeremiah 25:11Micah 6:13Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. See also: Psalms 23:1-4Micah 5:4Psalms 100:3“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.” See also: Psalms 78:12-72Exodus 3:20Isaiah 51:9The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf. See also: Isaiah 26:11Isaiah 52:15Job 29:9-10They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to the LORD our God, and will be afraid because of you. See also: Isaiah 49:23Psalms 72:9Psalms 18:45Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. See also: Isaiah 43:25Isaiah 44:22Ephesians 2:4-5He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. See also: Isaiah 38:17Isaiah 43:25Romans 6:14You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. See also: Genesis 28:13-14Luke 1:72-74Acts 3:25-26
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)16 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Micah 7:1
Ver. 1. Figs, which are the worst. S. Jer. S. Amb. in Lu. vii. 3. Yet they were eagerly sought after, before the other figs came to maturity. They had escaped the rigours of winter. Such Christ (C.) seemed to expect. Mark xi. 13.
↑ 1Micah 7:2
Ver. 2. Holy man. Heb. chasid, (H.) "the pious" Assidean. 2 Mac. xiv. 6. The disorder of Israel was great, though some were religious. C. --- Such expressions only mean that few could be found, and that the far greatest number rejected the prophet's advice. W.
↑ 2Micah 7:3
Ver. 3. Giving. Sept. "speaks words of peace." He flatters the prince, (H.) and dares not oppose the unjust. Syr. "he says, bring presents." --- Troubled it; or,
"have thy?" &c. Heb. "they confirm it."
↑ 3Micah 7:4
Ver. 4. Brier. Heb. chedek, or "thorn." Sept. "a consuming moth." --- Inspection, or of thy chiefs (H.) and prophets. C.
↑ 4Micah 7:5
Ver. 5. Bosom. In times of general distress, even domestics are not trusted; because all are solicitous for themselves, even to the prejudice of others. W. ---
Before the ruin of Israel civil wars raged. 4 K. xv. Our Saviour alludes to this passage. Mat. x. 35. Lu. xii. 52. and xxi. 16.
People will rise up to oppress true believers; and these must abandon their nearest relations, when they prove an obstacle to salvation. Thus is the moral, and the other the literal sense. C.
↑ 5Micah 7:10
Ver. 10. She; Babylon, my enemy. Ch. --- It was taken by the Medes and Persians, who set the Jews at liberty, to the great mortification of their enemies. W. --- God thus displayed his justice or mercy, rescuing his people from the nigh of misery. --- Streets. Cyrus treated the fallen city with contempt.
It stood for some time afterwards. C.
↑ 10Micah 7:11
Ver. 11. Law of thy enemies, who have tyrannized over thee. Ch. --- The walls of Jerusalem are ordered to be rebuilt. Agg. i.
↑ 11Micah 7:12
Ver. 12. Fortified. Heb. also, "Egypt, and from Egypt to the river Euphrates,"
&c. The Jews shall occupy their ancient limits. Amos viii. 12. C. --- The fenced cities may be Pelusium, Gaza, Tyre, &c. From all parts the captives shall return. H. --- They were very numerous under the Machabees, and in the time of Christ. C.
↑ 12Micah 7:13
Ver. 13. Land of Babylon, (Ch.) or "the land of Judea (H.) has been," &c. It might also be again made desolate, because the captives built houses for themselves, and neglected the temple. Agg.
i. 10.
↑ 13Micah 7:14
Ver. 14. Alone: destitute of all things, or in full security. Jer. xv. 17. Num. xxiii.
9. God will feed his people (C.) in the most fertile places, designated by Carmel and Basan. H. --- A pastor must maintain sound doctrine and discipline. W.
↑ 14Micah 7:15
Ver. 15. Wonders. The prophets speaking of the return, have Christ and his religion in view; so that they seem not to find terms sufficiently magnificent. Is.
ix. 15. and xliii. 16. Zac. x. 11. We know from Esdras that nothing so surprising attended the liberation of the people. C.
↑ 15Micah 7:16
Ver. 16. Strength, because they cannot overcome the Hebrews or Christians.
M. --- Deaf, being astonished. Job xxi. 5.
↑ 16Micah 7:17
Ver. 17. Serpents, (Gen. iii. 14.) out of respect or rage. C. --- Converts shall humbly apply to the ministers of Christ to receive baptism and confirmation.
Theod. Sanct. lxvii.
↑ 17Micah 7:18
Ver. 18. No more, for past offences. Yet, if they transgress again, they must not expect impunity.
The Jews still bleed for the murder of the Messias. C.
↑ 18Micah 7:19
Ver. 19. Away. Prot. "subdue," (H.) or trample upon. C.
↑ 19Micah 7:20
Ver. 20. Truth, performing what he had promised out of mercy to Abraham. W.
↑ 20License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses