
Mic 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah
Jotham
2Ki 15:1-5, 7, 32-38; 2Ch 27:1-9.
Mic 1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
the LORD cometh forth
Isa 63:1; Zec 14:3, 4; Mal 4:2, 3; Mat 24:27-30; 2Th 2:8; Rev 1:7; 19:11-21.
the high places of the earth
Mic 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
an heap of the field
I will pour down the stones
In Mic 1:6-16 the Assyrian invasion is described. Cf. 2Ki 17:1-18. This is the local circumstance which gives rise to the prophecy of the greater invasion in the last days (Mic 4:9-13), and of the Lord's deliverance at Armageddon (Rev 16:14; 19:17).
Mic 1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
she gathered it of the hire of an harlot
Mic 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls
Mic 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
evil came down from the LORD
Mic 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Achzib
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