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Micah 1

Mic 1:1-16—Part I. (1) The case of Jehovah against the "house of Israel" (Mic 1:1 - 2:13).

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

Jer 26:18.

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

Deu 32:13; 33:29; Amo 4:13.

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

Mic 3:12; 2Ki 19:25.

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

Hos 2:5, 12.

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

Job 30:29; Psa 102:6.

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

Amo 3:6.

Mic 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Achzib

Jos 15:44.

Mic 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

Adullam

2Ch 11:7.

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