Tene (p. 1252) 682-608 AAc @. 1953) Dat o 1 LTHE, Word of the LoD that came to| 4, 2 The word of tte Lon, The only occurrence phoniiot ‘the FMMorasnite tn the, days of oii cpanel Basing os ham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Jadah, | "0m Jehovah, not Micah, and to note Micah's Henich he saw “conceraing Samaria and Jeru: | horse rors tho LORD. Heb. Jehovah, Ap. 4 11, Micah =Who is like Jehovah? An abbreviated form it ig used in Jor. 28.18 2°Hear, “all ye *people; hearken, O earth, | af Miah Choon 8%, 8 and "all that therela st and “let “the Lord (x the Heh Gp 71 Seb Al that therein ts: and "let the Lord | (Seorasthite: Marottah (x19) or Morsheth-gath fom Be witnces, agains chy now Pa Sndahana at Sepa, oly 3 For, “behold, *the LORD cometh forth out |senishaana. the ancient name is wen ay Mortos Of His place, and will come down, and “tread | Sarisa was Sidonian colony (cent b'm.c), and was ‘pon the high places of the earth. ‘afterward used as tho capital of Taumea by the Edomites And °the mountains shall be molten under | during the captivity of Judah (so ltecords ofthe Past, Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax | vol. iv, part x, 1p. 291-800), defore the fire, and as the waters that are| which he saw. Cp. Tsii.1, Obad oferty emmgraier st almiy| "arya isa pom sume bE Severe hen hay) tas. a ap son, ommaren, is the “transgression of Jacob? “is if not} q ) 4 | 1, 2—2 1s, The People, Judah ? “are they not Jerusalem ? 418, 5-8, Tho Paleo Prophets @ Therefore I will make Samaria asan heap} | 21 8#% The Rulers of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: \. 22. above) EOPLI and T wil pour down the stones thereot into| (fz, 2,28 (h stove. THE PEOPLE ibe valley, dat wil lecover ie oundatos |," mua cmingo Fema Samaria? and “what are the “high places of | {pi tics The Rotors thereof. Tnerimination 7 And all the °graven images thereof shall be DTA. f. Theeatening. beaten to pieces, and all the “hires thereof | Plot] isa-te, Eamentation, shall be bumed with the fire, and all the idols| | D#)/«*|2.1,2. Tncrimination thereof will I lay desolate: ‘for she gathered ‘8 [ys Mhrentoning. it of the °hire of an harlot, and “they shall aly) Stl 4.% Lamentation return to the “hire of an hariot. D*| at | 2.4 Inctimination, @ tng yp go ow Twi go| |” Sits Wa, Ses MU artaeet et) | on lnc tigi Sag mura | dn yer as yy te 9 For her “wound fs incurable; for it is come| the conclasing words ofthe other Mican of Micah | seine edad tay cs tacos nao nt sean Pa ae eh ees ae RM PTT cat, wep yo at ete ELSE och S21). Ap. o2 —— —""ail ye=¥o peoples, all of them. eople~pooples, Including ourselves all that therein 1s her fulnes let me Lora Gop be witness, al.to Pent. (Gen. B1.co). |“ the Lord, Heb. Adonai, “Ap. 4.VII@) GOD. Hob, Jehovah. Ap. the LORD*. One of the 184 places whore tho Sopherim say they altered “Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai”, See Ap. 32 from His holy temple.” Cp. Pa Als, Jonah 2.7. Hab. 2 20. Roly. 80 note on Ex. 8.6 3 behold, Fig. Asterieos Ap.8. "trend upon, &e. Ref. a Pent’ Deut. 82.19; 39.29), Ap. 92. Gp Ames i.03. & the ‘mountains, Ge. This verso foretelis the calamitioa of2 Kingt 17 and 25 'S transgresslo Fobellion. Heb. pisha’, "Ap. 44. ie. ‘sing. Heb. chao’ Ap. 441. Argun, and Syr. read slog. What Whose, ‘is it not Samaria ?~is it not Samaria’ {idolatry}? Fig. Zvoteie. Ap. 6. igh places. Cp. 1 Kings 12 31; 14 a2, Hack. 6, These existed in Jerusslem (Jor. 92.38); hence ‘the montion of them in the further question. Fig. Evotisin “Ap. 6, Cp, 2 ings 16, ‘are thoy ‘not Jerusalem ?—is it not Jerusalem's (idol altars]? 1 disoover, &." ‘This has now recontly Sti) been dono in the unearthing of Ahabs wine-cellars, "7 graven images. Hob. pilin. Hof. to Pont. (Ex. 20.4) Ap. 02. hires, The technieal Pentateuchet word for a harlovs hire io which, ‘idolatry is compared, Cp. Hos.8.9,10; 9.1, Ref to Pent, (Dont, 23.1), Ap. "they shail return, Xo. ie the wealth gained by idolatry shall be taken away by #60 Assyrian \olaters. 8 wail TInmont, Op. the Structure abovo: and hoto waight of the prophetic burden” ‘dragons = jackals, owls, "Hob. daughters of a dolafal ery. ‘8 wound stroke. Heb. makkah (fom. i Aram, And Syr, read “sho”. Helarring to her stroke, which is fom. -ho=ho, refering to some wanamed foe ‘Aram. and Syr, reat “sho; referring to the " stroke” of judgment, tho gate, Cp. Obed 1, 1% 10 Declare yo itnot at Gath. “Cp. Sam, 1120, Gath, Now Teller Sajt (Jesh, i1, 22, Wey 1sL190. MICAH. 2.6. “at all: “in the house of Aphrah roll thyself] 91 al, Heb, datee, wstion defatity for Wako. | inthe dust. Nola the Big. Paronomacta (Ape 6) Habs ao at ce TL“Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of °Saphir, | »"(i] Weeytown werp not" ‘ having thy shan¢ naked: the "inhabitant of| 2); Aphrah roll thyeaif in the dust, it the Zaanan came not forth “in the mourning of| Re. Porummasta (AD. G) cb in apnea”. “ap hir Bethezel; "he shall receive of you his| Sugigh {in Dust house roll thyset standing. aphin, uaving thy shaine, &e. Here we have eon 12 For the inhabitant of °Maroth waited| iratsaphis~ons'-town, with beatty shamed a0 carefully for good? bat “evil came down from | s Sur, “the LORD unto "the gate of Jerusalem. inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth, Web. not 150 thou’ “inhabitaat of “Lachish, bind the| one forth hath" Zannan Hc. Pg, Fernoce chariot to the “swift beast: "fe (s the beginning | (Ap. 0): to yaie'th- tdnin 0% gone out [eo worn of the fein to the daughter of Zioas Yor the| lath the iahabitent of Outhoace, Stransgressions of Israel were found in thee, | im the mourning . « his sianding: Commence La "Therefore. shalt thou “give present | nh euonen hereto, “She foul of Beara deeatieto the Ringvorieeare Nez shat) ‘the Bystander's house will, from you, get its standing 15 Yet will I bring °an hetr unto thee, O in-| “he shall receive, &o, : or, ho will take from you its habitant of ' Ms ah: °he shall come unto | support. * : we Adullam the glory of Israel. 12 Maroth waited carefully. The inhabitress of 16 °Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy | Bitter town biterly graved for her goods taken from delicate “children ; enlarge thy balliness asthe lies evil “ealamity. eben Ape dd vite |gagles for they are: gone into captivity from c. 13 inhapitan Q Woe to them that devise “iniquity, and| Esckish: .ewit east Note the Fig: Parononasia ) | S swork *evil upon their beds! when the| (Ap. 0. "Meb; rete» uioh [bind tho cherit] morning is light, they practise it, because it *ie) “TOUTE Now Ummtun Labia, or Tell el Zeny, See “in the power of their hand. nghiah. | Now Ummtuns LAK, 2 And they *covet fields, ‘and take them by | "0S Hi Joi daaltcia Gp, wn. S85 68, violence; and houses, and take them away? so," they oppress a “man and his house, "even ; ote the Pig, Puronomania (Ap. a*man and his heritage. housed of Falsecown (AKI) shall prove false 3 Therefore thus saith *the Lorp; *«Behold, | “ws\. 2 Therefore he LORD; *“Bebold, |“Achatb, Now eo Zi Tosh, 10.48; 19.28. Jud. 1.99 against “this family do “I devise an “evil! Ys 'tn eit", Mareshah. ish, the posseowt from which ye shall not remove your necks; (iayyoresh).... 0 Possession (Mareshih). ‘The possessor neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time f | iow Jehovah woud bring us Assy a. "evil The shall come, ie the mobility la, 4 In that day shall one °take up a parable | 3 David had done G Sam 32 Jy Aa against you, and “lament with a doleful lamen- |"3g"Maxe theo sald, ke. ‘Thy signs of mourning tation, and say, “We be uttetly spoiled: he |chesob iss, ion 15.2; 2u'02) ten ty 10-0, hath “changed the portion of my People: how | 48/33). ‘his is widreased to Judah.” Te was forbidde hath he removed i from me! “turning away under the law (Dest 14-2) Judah had become as the he hath divided our feds.” Heathen © te them mourn a th heathen. 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall| children sons. east a cord by lot in the “congregation of *the| 2. 1 iniquity. Heb orp.” same word as in 80. Note tho Snovimination in ‘Gaten” Seo the Stu, 1253" ive tp posweesions at Dia’| 6 °«Prophesy ye not,” “say they to them that) “gvit“wickeiness, Hob ets Ap. Wh Prophesy: ismoxists, Hob, yh. See note on Prov. 8,21, “they shall not prophesy to ° the, “that they |, the power of thoir hand.” A Pentatcuchal atom, Wel, to Pent. (Gen. 1. 29), shail not take shame, Doce not oon elaowhere, ——— ‘geovet folds. Het ioPent,(Lev.6.. Deut.6.21), Ap 92, wort are the sume. Ap... mana haman ‘even, So in tome codices, with four easly printed editions; but ‘any codices, with six early printed editions, Aram, Sept, and Vulg., omit the Word " even"” ‘man. Web. "tah Ap. 1 TL ‘2 the Lonp.” Heb. Jehovah. Ap. 4 il. Behold. Fig. Asterismos, Ap. ‘this family, Op. Amos 8.1 Teoviso, Tho contrast tow. ovil “calamity. Hei, pa’, Ap. ae vi ‘4 take up a parable, Ref. to Pent. (Nom. 99, 1,18 249,18, 20,23) ‘Twice in Job Job 27.1;'29.1); once in Tsaiah (Isa. 1.4); once in Habakkuk (Hab, 2 1). Not elsewhere, Ap. $2. Note the Fig. Chtouaonos Ap.6 lament with adoleful lamentation. Note the Figs. Polypteton ‘und Paronomasia (Ap. 8), for emphasis. Heb, vénihah neki nuhyth —wail a wailing of woo. changed ~ changed (for the worse)" Heb, mar; not Ralaph=changod [for the batter} Seo note on Lev. 27.1, turning away toa heathen: ie, onr enemy the Assyrian, Boast a cord by lot. Referring] ‘to the custom, by which, round ovory village in Palestine, the laud was divided by lot every your to the various families; hence, the expression in Ps, 16.4 cord” being put by Fig. Metonymy (of Cause), Ap. 8, for the portion of land marked out by it ‘It therefore divide your inheritancen. Ref. to Pent, 28. 0s 60). Ay. 92." congregation assembly. Cp. Deut. 21-38 @ Prophesy = Do not sputter say they to them thet prophosy ~#o they eputter, ‘they shall not prophesy. Not the usual ‘word for propluesy, but Heb. mitaph they ie. these fala prophets. thems to these things Tet these doings of Jehovah. th Ke.” Supzly, "faving must He put away these suypresters". 1(p. 1253) 682-603, (p. 1253) 2.7. 70 thou that art named the house of “Jacob, sis the Spint of #the LORD straitened? are thee His doings? “ao not “My words “do good to him huprightly? “ven of Inte My Peoples feed up as an emg 95 pul ot the robe with te garment rom thei that passby securely as men averse from war. ¥ ‘9 The women of My People have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their chil dren have ye taken away My glory “for ever. 10 °Arise ye, and depart: for “this is. not your rest? Because “it is polluted, “it sball destroy you, even with a sore destraction, Tha *man walking in the “spirit and false- hood do lie, saying, +I will “prophesy unto thee of °wine and of strong drink" he shail even be the * prophet of this people, 12 °I will surely assemble, 0 * Jacob, all of thee, °F wil surely gather the remmant of “Torael ; °T will put them together as the sheep “of Bozrahy as the flock in the midst of their fold: they ‘shall "make great noise by teasoa of te multitude of "men. CBS, rite Breaker i come up before them: hey have °broken up, and have passed throug] the gate, and are "gone out by itz and thelr kking "shall pass before them, andthe LORD “ont the head of them.” And I said, °“Hear, 1 pray you, O heads 8 orjacod, and ye prince oF the house of Tradl; To tt not for you to know judgment’? 2 Who hate te good, and love the “evil; who flesh from off their bones ; flay their skin from off thems and they break their bones, and “chop them in pieces as Tor the pot, and as flesh within the caldron- Phen stall they ery nto °the LORD, but He will aot "hear sje: He wil even “hide His Yace from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. 5 Thus saith ‘the LORD concermng the pro- phieis that make My People “err, that “bite twit thelr teeth, and ery, that putteth not into thel? mouths, they even Prepave “war against him, 6" Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision, and it shall be dati tito you, “that ye shalt not divine; and the Sun shall go dovn aver the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them, “7 then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they sball'al cover {tele lips; for there is ho answer of * God.” 8 But traly 9.am fall of power by the Spirit of tthe Lop, and of judgment, ad of might, fo declare unto "Jacod his "wanegression, and to Nforact nis "aia 8 'Hear this, T pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and’ princes of the house of Niaracl that abhor judgment, and pervert all eg 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jera- salem with *iniquity. Ll The heads thereof °judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the MICAH. pluck off their skin from off them, and’ their | ‘3 Who also eat the flesh of My People, and | Peace” “and he | | 7 aco. Soe notes on Gers. 82.28; 49 is the Spirit, &e.? Met to Pont. (Nam. 11.33 same Word). Ap, Spirit, Heh raach Ap. 9, My. Sept reads "His" ea in. preceding lanier oF are not My words pleasaat[enith Jehovah]? ‘do good = pleasant. 1 8 Bven of late—Only yesterday, or recently: thi highway eobbery was a new aud rovent evil, ‘0 for over! Le. not to be vestared for the rest of their live, 10 Arise yo, ke. Usnally misquoted in a good sense but the Struceare shows it to be part of the lamentation (oop 1358), ‘this this (lund) Ret, to Pent, (Dout, 12.0), Ap. 02 it: Le. this land) itis polluted. Itef:to Pent, (Lev. 18.27, 2, the same Word). “Ap. i it shall destroy. Ref. to Pont (Lev. 18, 285 20.22; 2630 ADA Gp, Ex, 86, 144 a man. Heb. gh, Ap, Ma I, wine. Hob, yayin.” Ap. 21.7, the strong drink. Heb. shiki, Ap. 22. 1¥. 9. Lit. dropper of words) san P1358. (6o.12 13) does not speak of merey, hat of jadgunent, corresponding with, the member "C" (Lay, Not “la completo change”, and no promise to 4 remnant” Cp. am Bh Amos 1.12, make great noisete in commotion, men—human beings. Heb. ‘Adam. Ap. 14. 13 Thotroaker~Onemakingabronch. The Assyrian. Hob, parade, as in Ex. 19.2, 24, 2 Sam. 5,40, 1 Chron, Tiny 16, Geaerally ia a bud sense broken up ~broken in. gone out gone forte shall pe into captivity} | att. passed ‘through. ovah's jadament, pte, (Gee “BY, 3. t-4, p. 1259, corresponding with 2" 12, below ‘ringed judges. Devil, Heb, ra’. Ap. 44 vil 3, cop them i plooes, as forthe pot prea them ‘out as flesh for tho pot. Ap 4 TE ‘4 tho LORD. Heb, Jehovah ear ~answes. hide His face. Nef to Pent. (Deut, BL 17; 82,40) Ap.O2, Cp. Tan 89. 1-12. Jer. 38.6. 8 err—go astray. bite with their teeth, Alluding to the idolatrous| practices of the heathen round the altars of Daal, Wiking a clive in dete mcushe and ying “pce” 9] which the olive was the symbol (Gen.8.1)). Cp. Zeah. 9. ‘and ho, de.—but against him that putts net (th olive] into hie mouth they declare war ‘war= crusade. © that ye shall not divine, of, to Pent. (Dent. 18 yt Nut 22.95 284) Ap. #2. 7 God, “Heb, Elohim, Ap 4 I. B Spirit, Heb. eaach” Ap 0 Sacob.- Tarael, Cp. e. See note 2. sin Heb chai’. Ap 44 20 iniquity deceit. Hu. | the seme word aa in 2 |"r1"Sudge for reward, &e. Ref, to Pont. (x. 28. « | ewe! 100%; 1619; 322%, The same word in all ‘diese passages), Ap. 92 ial. Ap. 44. vie Not | Wranswrossion, Heb. pasha’. Ap. 44. ix. {| ets thereof divine for money: yet will Eiey ean upon tthe LokD, and say, Ze ot the Kop among us? none “evil can come