Again the Assyrian is thought by … And in his letter to the Lady Vane, I thank the Lord, saith he, I am not alone, but have six other faithful companions, who in our darkness do cheerfully sing hymns and praises to God for his great goodness. — Ed. But these arose again from their fall, while those jesters at holiness continued in the gall of bitterness and bonds of inward corruption. Micah refers to a “remnant” (sheerith ) five times (Micah 2:12; 4:7; 5:7, 8; 7:18), and each is connected with oracles of hope. The bugle that calls him to peace with God, calls him also to battle. He assaults our weakest part. For, although God remits at once the eternal penalty of sin, yet we see daily, how punishment pursues the for given sinner, even to the end of life. Perhaps in the sight of God this was worse than the poor wretch's fall, in which they exulted as having taken place in one who held a creed different from their own. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. What does this verse really mean? Literally I have fallen, I have arisen; though I should sit in darkness, Jehovah, &c. O mine enemy - as Babylon, Edom, etc., were to Israel. Barrett. The remnant purified, who go out strong as a lion (Mic 5:7–8), represent the eschatological remnant who will share in the blessing of … when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light — Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion (Isaiah 50:7, Isaiah 50:8, Isaiah 50:10). And to this fear the believer is liable, even as the unbeliever. — How so? … Micah is called the Morasthite. We are here meditating upon the mental warfare that went on in the battlefield of a prophet’s heart. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Ps 137:7, 8). Over and above the conflicts arising from his own evil heart, and the … For when sorrow and trouble take possession of our hearts, we shall not fail if this comes to our mind — that God will be our aid in the time of need. This is fearful. Whence does the fallen Christian obtain his comfort, if it be not in ignoring the past? Micah 7:18 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His [ a ] possession? If Haman fall before Mordecai the Jew, he shall not easily stop, or step back, Esther 6:13. We now perceive the meaning of this passage. Next to the salvation of the sinner, the recovery of the saint brings glory to our Lord. It was through the perfect Law of Moses that God showed mankind what is good and acceptable in His sight. , or "have fallen"; into outward afflictions and distresses, which come not by chance, but by divine appointment; or into the temptations of Satan, and by them, which sometimes is suffered for wise and purposes; or into sin, which even a good man, a truly righteous man, is frequently left unto; but then he does not fall from real goodness, from true grace, nor from his justifying righteousness, which is everlasting, and connected with eternal life: he may fall from a lively exercise of grace, from steadfastness in the faith, and a profession of it; but not from the principle of grace, nor a state of grace; or from the love and favour of God: he may fall, but not totally or finally, or so as to perish everlastingly; nor is he utterly cast down, the Lord upholds him, and raises him up again; he rises, as the church here believes she should, out of his present state and condition, into a more comfortable one; not in his own strength, but in the strength of the Lord, under a sense of sin, by the exercise of true repentance for it, and by faith in Christ, and in a view of pardoning grace and mercy; see Psalm 37:24; when I sit in darkness; or "though"F1כי אשב "quamvis sedero", Drusius; "quamvis sedeam", Burkius. I have known several instances where people professing to hold a very pure and Christian creed, having become unfaithful and fallen into sin, their opponents, who held a very impure and unchristian creed, have exulted with "Ha, ha! (h) This is spoken in the voice of the Church, which calls the malignant church her enemy. Annul. We do not need … Continue reading "Commentary on Micah 6:1-8" and have shown their malignity more fully, by giving all possible publicity and circulation to such accounts. Live by His Compassion. For God puts under him his own hand. Daniel 9:3-19. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me - Montanus: "He does not say 'lie,' but sit; she was not as one dead, without hope of life, but she sat solitary as a widow, helpless, unable to restore herself, yet waiting for God's time. “The Lord is my light” Psalm 27:1. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. And to noble minds reproach is ever sharper than death itself: and yet the devil almost always employs this artifice; for when he sees that we stand firm in temptations, he suborns the wicked and sharpens their tongues to speak evil of use and to wound us with slanders. Still more when, at the close of the captivity, they were delivered from sorrow, trouble, bondage, death, to joy, rest, freedom, life. “Rejoice not”; for thou hast no real cause; “the triumphing of the ungodly”, and the fall of the godly, “is but for a moment. Micah 7:7-20 is, primarily, the confession and intercession of the prophet, who identifies himself with Israel. He comes at unawares. The fall and “the darkness” refer no doubt to the outward calamities of the Church, its troubles and afflictions. The world should still continue to be divided between the people of God and their adversaries. when I fall: i.e. They are mentioned together in Psalms 137 : “Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom.” . When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. . Thy frequent anticipation of death, which is a source of perpetual conflict to many. Rejoice not over me, he says, O my enemy Why not? passeth by the transgression--not conniving at it, but forgiving it; leaving it unpunished, as a traveller passes by what he chooses not to look into ( Proverbs 19:11). 11. fol. when I fall, I shall arise — (Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16). Rejoice not over me, O mine enemy! "Mine enemy," in Hebrew [ 'oyabtiy (Hebrew #341)] is feminine. Commentary on Micah 7:8-13 (Read Micah 7:8-13) Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. There is an invisible hand of omnipotence that strikes in for his own, and confounds their opposites. But we must see that we have sinned and admit it to the Lord 4, and ask for His help in stopping. 3. to the days of the Messiah. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy] Here is the triumph of faith, in the fail of outward comforts, in the midst of the world’s insultations and irrisions. The darkness of the captivity was lightened by the light of the prophetic grace which shone through Daniel and Ezekiel, and by the faithfulness of the three children, and the brightness of divine glory shed abroad through them, when Nebuchadnezzar proclaimed to all people that their God was "God of gods and Lord of kings" Daniel 2:47, and that none should "speak anything amiss against Him" Daniel 3:29. O mine enemy; O Assyria, Edom, or Babylon. Ver. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in … In darkness — When affliction, war, famine, and captivity cover me. We should … Enduring Word Bible Commentary . We must not only look to him, but look for him. And this seems to be a correct view: for it cannot be that any one will expect the deliverance of which the Prophet speaks, except he sees some light even in the thickest darkness, and sustains himself by partaking, in some measure, of God’s goodness: and a taste of God’s favor in distresses is suitably compared to light; as when one is cast into a deep pit, by raising upward his eyes, he sees at a distance the light of the sun; so also the obscure and thick darkness of tribulations may not so far prevail as to shut out from us every spark of light, and to prevent faith from raising our eyes upwards, that we may have some taste of God’s goodness. Micah 7:16 “The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf." God had answered what He would give to His own people to see. in their sin, which was so punished, they were turned away from the light. 11. fol. "restoring us" outwardly "to gladness, freedom, happiness, whereof light is a symbol, as darkness is of sorrow, captivity, adversity, death." He is our light, by infusing knowledge, joy, heavenly brightness, in any outward lot. A Jew may fall before a Persian and get up and prevail. The rejoicing foe rebuked. It was the crofter trouble of those old times which in part caused Micah to speak burning words. The time shall come when the Church shall similarly say to him, "O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end" (Psalms 9:6 ). “God is not only our light”, as (Lap.) ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. The sources of this conflict of thought and feeling are threefold,--the world, the devil, and death. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith … Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith, in His hour of darkness and desertion (Isaiah 50:7-8; Isaiah 50:10). Let it be no matter of glorying to thee, that the day of calamity hath overtaken me. “Mine enemy,” in Hebrew, is feminine. He told them not to rejoice, because though he fell, God would raise him up. Study the bible online using commentary on Micah 7 and more! Micah 6:6-8 Micah (whose name means “who is like Yahweh?”) was a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos and Hosea and prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judea around the 8th century BC. 245. He adds a consolation; for it would not be enough for one to repel with disdain the taunts of his enemy; but the Prophet says here, Rejoice not, for should I fall, I shall rise; or though I fall, I shall rise: and the passage seems to harmonize better when there is a pause after Rejoice not over me; and then to add, Though I fall, I shall rise, though I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light to me (189) The Prophet means, that the state of the Church was not past hope. in their sin, which was so punished, they were turned away from the light. When Micah refers to a “man’s household” he is talking about the evil loves that live in our own will. into calamity; not into sin. These best reveal his character. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure. The cities of Babylon and Edom are probably intended. Wiseman - Whereas light in Micah 7:8 spoke of God as the present source of salvation, in Micah 7:9 it speaks of his future act of salvation. when I fall, I shall arise—(Ps 37:24; Pr 24:16). Rejoice not — The prophet personates the church. Ne laeteris de me. The darkness of the captivity was lightened by the light of the prophetic grace which shone through Daniel and Ezekiel, and by the faithfulness of the three children, and the brightness of divine glory shed abroad through them, when Nebuchadnezzar proclaimed to all people that their God was “God of gods and Lord of kings” Daniel 2:47, and that none should “speak anything amiss against Him” Daniel 3:29. This prophecy clearly has never been fulfilled. Micah lived and worked under the kings Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah around 750 - 700 BC. He is our light, by infusing knowledge, joy, heavenly brightness, in any outward lot. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. A setting during the reign of King Hezekiah in the late eighth century is likely. He does not say, "after darkness, comes light," but "when I shall sit in darkness", then, "the Lord is light unto me". Though I shall sit in darkness, "[18] Blindly rejecting any such thing as predictive prophecy, some would delete these verses, or attribute them to some "post-exilic editor." (a) "quamvis sedero", Drusius; "quamvis sedeam", Burkius. We are so joyful that I wish you part of my joy. “O Babylon, that art to be destroyed.” The fall of those cities should be final, but Jerusalem would rise again. 8. (8) O mine enemy.—The Hebrew word is strictly a female enemy (see Micah 7:10), and is used of enemies collectively. When I (the prophet intends the good, the few righteous ones among those degenerate multitudes) sit in darkness, when affliction, war, famine, and captivity, as a dismal cloud, shall cover us, and benight the daughter of light, when fallen as low as a captive. Micah 6:8 Or prudently; Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain. By ואני what follows is attached adversatively to the preceding words. At the moment of conversion, the soul enters upon a conflict which continues until his dying day. Micah 5:7-8 supports this "Messianic" interpretation, for these passages describe a time when the remnant of Israel is compared to a lion among sheep (Gentile nations). We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. "The Lord is my light" Psalm 27:1. Micah knew that the same love, compassion, and mercy He showed to their fathers was available to them today – if they received it in faith. I. Lamentations 3:6), the Lord would be a light to him and illuminate the right path for him to take. Though he appeared to be groping in the darkness (cf. There are no copies which give a different reading as to the verb “I have risen.” Newcome follows the Septuagint, and thinks that a conversive ו is left out. He rejoices in the thought of restoration. "The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light" Isaiah 60:19. Micah 7:9 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. Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female: the type of her last and worst foes (Psalms 137:7-8). This is the reason why the Prophet directs his discourse now to the enemies of the Church. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no … But as God calls the Church his spouse, and as she is described to us under the character of a woman, so also he compares here the enemies of the holy people to a petulant woman. No one has drawn close to God except the one who has cried over God’s compassion on Him. ), Light after darkness. Contrast Amos 7:8… For assure thyself, The right hand of the Lord will change all this, and, “ Flebile principium melior fortuna sequetur. Micah 5:2-5a EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: The first verse of this book tells us that the word of Yahweh came to Micah “in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” This was in the eighth century B.C. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me -, when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light, When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me, "O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. A type of the great enemy of the believer and of the Church, Satan. Here the Prophet assumes the character of the Church and repels a temptation, which proves very severe to us in adversities; for there is not so much bitterness in the evil itself, as in the mockery of the wicked, when they petulantly insult us and deride our faith. 245. God’s true saints shall be raised from the ground, however hard their fall. Share 4. Yet how much more in Christ, (for whom this deliverance prepared,) when “the people that walked in darkness have seern a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined” Isaiah 9:2. A light — Shall support, comfort and deliver me. He therefore was a contemporary of Isaiah, Hosea and Amos. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me] He can lighten the greatest darkness, as be did the dungeons to the martyrs. Cf. Against me; Israel of God, the remnant, the faithful, which are the church of God. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. Yet how much more in Christ, (for whom this deliverance prepared,) when "the people that walked in darkness have seern a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined" Isaiah 9:2. not in a state of unregeneracy, which is a state of total darkness, but in affliction and distress; for, as light often signifies prosperity, so darkness adversity, any afflictive dispensation of Providence; and especially when this attended with desertion, or the hidings of God's face; it is to be, not without any light of grace in the heart, or without the light of the word, or means of grace; but to be without the light of God's countenance; which is very uncomfortable, and makes dark providences darker still; see Isaiah 50:10; yet, notwithstanding all this. 8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fail, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me . "Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe. From the delectable orchard of the Leonine dungeon, so Algerius, an Italian martyr, dated his heavenly epistle. For we who have sinned more, have gained more; for Thy grace maketh more blessed than our own innocence.”. I am now in the Bishop of London’s coal house (saith Mr Philpot), a dark and ugly brison as any is about London; but my dark body of sin hath well deserved the same; and the Lord now hath brought me into outer darkness, that I might be the more lightened by him; as he is most present with his children in the midst of darkness. Micah 7:8. (Micah 7:7-8). not in a state of unregeneracy, which is a state of total darkness, but in affliction and distress; for, as light often signifies prosperity, so darkness adversity, any afflictive dispensation of Providence; and especially when this attended with desertion, or the hidings of God's face; it is to be, not without any light of grace in the heart, or without the light of the word, or means of grace; but to be without the light of God's countenance; which is very uncomfortable, and makes dark providences darker still; see Isaiah 50:10; yet, notwithstanding all this. Now, from what the Prophet says, Though I fall, I shall rise again, we see what God would have us to expect, even a happy and joyful exit at all times from our miseries; but on this subject I shall have to speak more copiously a little farther on. He does not say, “after darkness, comes light,” but “when I shall sit in darkness”, then, “the Lord is light unto me”. The “enemy” is Babylon and “Edom” Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:12; Psalm 137:7; and then, in all times, (since this was written for all times, and the relations of the people of God and of its enemies are the same,) whosoever, whether devils or evil men, rejoice over the falls of God‘s people. O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, thou that art victrix gentium, captiva vitiorum (as Austin said of Rome in her pride), thou that for present carriest the ball upon the foot, and none can come near thee: Rejoice not against me, as forlorn and hopeless; say not, "This is Zion, the outcast, whom no man seeketh after," Jeremiah 30:17. It ought rather perhaps to be considered as the language of faith, realizing the event before it arrived. The Targum is. God will hear us. Thisword means that he was an inhabitan… I have looked at John Piper's exegesis of this passage in a book, and he calls it gutsy guilt which I found interesting. 5:47): “Though I have sinned, Thou forgivest the sin; though I have fallen, thou raisest up; lest they, who rejoice in the sins of others, should have occasion to exult. Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Psalm 137:7, Psalm 137:8). For if God deprived us of all hope, enemies might justly deride us, and we must be silent: but since we are surely persuaded that God is ready at hand to restore us again, we can boldly answer our enemies when they annoy with their derisions; though I fall, I shall rise: “There is now no reason for thee to triumph over me when I fall; for it is God’s will that I should fall, but it is for this end — that I may soon rise again; and though I now lie in darkness, yet the Lord will be my light.”. Grateful at such unlooked-for grace being promised to Israel, Micah breaks forth into praises of Jehovah. Micah 7:8. : “The fall of infirmity is not grave, if free from the desire of the will. Though I have fallen, I will rise. ), "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.". At the moment of conversion, the soul enters upon a conflict which continues until his dying day. In our text there is no attempt to deny the fact of the fall, or excuse its guilt. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD, When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me —, I will bear the indignation of the Lord —, Until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me —, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. This passage is applied by the Jews (b) to the days of the Messiah. Over and above the conflicts arising from his own evil heart, and the temptations of a godless world, the saint has in Satan a sworn foe. The historical situation of this text is not entirely clear. Let us proceed —. Micah 3:2 "Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;" The judges instead of fulfilling the obligations of their office, whereby they should be “for the people to God-ward,” perpetrated the most flagrant cruelty upon them. III. Satan, the accuser. Though I have fallen, I have risen; The sources of this spiritual conflict. 7:8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. 3 Micah 7:7-9 shows the path away from evil. 7:8-13 Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient under affliction. 3. The posy of the city of Geneva stamped round about their money was formerly out of Job, Post tenebras spero lucern, After darkness I look for light; but the Reformation once settled among them, they changed it into Post tenebras lux (Scultet. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. When I fall, into a low condition, into deepest distresses, I shall arise; I shall not always lie in them, God will raise me out of them. Quick Navigation. so would we have it!" This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. They then distinguish between this clause and the former one, which speaks of the fall and the rise of the faithful, in this manner, — that while they lie, as it were, sunk in darkness, they shall not even then be without consolation, for God’s favor would ever shine on them. These are the words of the prophet in the name of the church, continued in an apostrophe or address to his and their enemy; by whom may be meant, literally, the Chaldeans or Edomites, or both, who rejoiced at the destruction of Jerusalem, and the calamities the people of the Jews were brought into at it; see Psalm 137:7; spiritually, Satan the great enemy of mankind, and especially of the church and people of God, to whom it is a pleasure to draw them into any sin or snare, and to do them any hurt and mischief; and also the Inert of the world, who hate and persecute the saints; and watch for their haltings, and rejoice at their falls into sin, and at any calamity and affliction that may attend them, though there is no just reason for it; since this will not always be the case of the saints, they will be in a better situation, and in more comfortable circumstances; and it will be the turn of their enemies to be afflicted, punished, and tormented: when I fall, I shall arise; or, "though I fall"F26כי נפלתי "quamvis cecidi", Drusius, Burkius. the Lord shall be a light unto me; by delivering out of affliction; by lifting up the light of his countenance; by causing Christ the sun of righteousness to arise; by sending his Spirit to illuminate, refresh, and comfort; by his word, which is a lamp to the feet, a light to the path, a light shining in a dark place; see Psalm 27:1. 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