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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Micah 7

Chapter 7

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

woe

Psalms 120:5 Isaiah 6:5 24:16 Jeremiah 4:31 15:10 45:3

when they have gathered the summer fruits

Heb. the gatherings of summer. as.

Isaiah 17:6 24:13

desired

Isaiah 28:4 Hosea 9:10

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

good

or, godly, or, merciful. is perished.

Psalms 12:1 14:1-3 Isaiah 57:1 Romans 3:10-18

they all

Proverbs 1:11 12:6 Isaiah 59:7 Jeremiah 5:16

hunt

1 Samuel 24:11 26:20 Psalms 57:6 Jeremiah 5:26 16:16 Lamentations 4:18 Habakkuk 1:15-17

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

do

Proverbs 4:16,17 Jeremiah 3:5 Ezekiel 22:6

the prince

3:11 Isaiah 1:23 Jeremiah 8:10 Ezekiel 22:27 Hosea 4:18 Amos 5:12 Matthew 26:15

the great

1 Kings 21:9-14

his mischievous desire

Heb. the mischief of his soul. wrap.

Isaiah 26:21 Luke 12:1,2 1 Corinthians 4:5

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

is a

2 Samuel 23:6,7 Isaiah 55:13 Ezekiel 2:6 Hebrews 6:8

the day

Ezekiel 12:23,24 Hosea 9:7,8 Amos 8:2

thy

Isaiah 10:3 Jeremiah 8:12 10:15

now

Isaiah 22:5 Luke 21:25

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

ye not in

Job 6:14,15 Psalms 118:8,9 Jeremiah 9:4 Matthew 10:16

keep

Judges 16:5-20

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

son

Genesis 9:22-24 49:4 2 Samuel 15:10-12 16:11,21-23 Proverbs 30:11,17 Ezekiel 22:7 Matthew 10:21,35,36 Luke 12:53 21:16 2 Timothy 3:2,3

a man's

Psalms 41:9 55:12-14 Jeremiah 12:6 20:10 Obadiah 1:7 Matthew 26:23,49,50 John 13:18

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

I will look

Psalms 34:5,6 55:16,17 109:4 142:4,5 Isaiah 8:17 45:22 Habakkuk 3:17-19 Luke 6:11,12

wait

Genesis 49:18 Psalms 25:5 27:12-14 37:7 40:1-3 62:1-8 Isaiah 12:2 25:9 Lamentations 3:25,26 Luke 2:25-32

my God

Psalms 4:2,3 38:15 50:15 65:2 1 John 5:14,15

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

Rejoice

Job 31:29 Psalms 13:4-6 35:15,16,19,24-26 38:16 Proverbs 24:17,18 Jeremiah 50:11 Lamentations 4:21,22 Ezekiel 25:6 35:15 Obadiah 1:12 John 16:20 Revelation 11:10-12

when I fall

Psalms 37:21 41:10-12 Proverbs 24:16

when I sit

Psalms 107:10-15 112:4 Isaiah 9:2 49:9 50:10 Matthew 4:16 Luke 1:78,79

the Lord

Psalms 27:1 84:11 97:11 112:4 Isaiah 2:5 60:1-3,19,20 Malachi 4:2 John 8:12 Acts 26:18 2 Corinthians 4:6 Revelation 21:23 22:5

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.

bear

Leviticus 26:41 1 Samuel 3:18 2 Samuel 16:11,12 24:17 Job 34:31,32 Lamentations 1:18 Lamentations 3:39-42 Luke 15:18,19 Hebrews 12:6,7

until

1 Samuel 24:15 25:39 26:10 Psalms 7:6 43:1 Jeremiah 50:17-20,33,34 51:35,36 Revelation 6:10,11 18:20

he will

Job 23:10 Psalms 37:6 Malachi 3:18 1 Corinthians 4:5 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 2 Timothy 4:8

Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

Then, etc

or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame. she that.

Psalms 137:8,9 Isaiah 47:5-9 Jeremiah 50:33,34 51:8-10,24 Nahum 2:1-3 Revelation 17:1-7

shame

Psalms 35:26 109:29 Jeremiah 51:51 Ezekiel 7:18 Obadiah 1:10

Where

Psalms 42:3,10 79:10 115:2 Isaiah 37:10,11 Daniel 3:15 Joel 2:17 Matthew 27:43

mine

4:11 Psalms 58:10 Malachi 1:5 Revelation 18:20

now

2 Samuel 22:43 2 Kings 9:33-37 Psalms 18:42 Isaiah 25:10-12 26:5,6 41:15,16 Isaiah 51:22,23 63:2,3 Zechariah 10:5 Malachi 4:3

trodden down

Heb. for a treading down.

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

the day

Nehemiah 2:17 3:1-16 4:3,6 Daniel 9:25 Amos 9:11-15

shall

Ezra 4:12-24 Nehemiah 2:8

In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

also

Isaiah 11:16 19:23-25 27:12,13 43:6 49:12 60:4-9 66:19,20 Jeremiah 3:18 23:3 31:8 Ezekiel 37:21 29:21 Hosea 11:11

and from

or, even to. This verse may be rendered, "In that day they (people) shall come to thee from Assyria and the fenced cities; and from the fortress (probably Pelusium at the entrance of Egypt), even to the river (Euphrates)," etc. The expressions employed in this prophecy appear to be too strong for the events which transpired after the Babylonian captivity; and seem to refer to the future restoration of Israel, after their land has lain desolate for ages.

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Not withstanding the land shall be

or, After that the land hath been.

Leviticus 26:33-39 Isaiah 6:11-13 24:3-8 Jeremiah 25:11 Daniel 4:26,27 Luke 21:20-24

for

3:12 Job 4:8 Proverbs 1:31 5:22 31:31 Isaiah 3:10,11 Jeremiah 17:10 21:14 Jeremiah 32:19 Galatians 6:7,8

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Feed

or, Rule.

5:4 *marg:; Psalms 23:1-4 28:9 95:7 100:3 Isaiah 40:11 49:10 Matthew 2:6 *marg:; John 10:27-30

which

Exodus 33:16 Numbers 23:9 Deuteronomy 33:28 John 17:16

in the midst

Isaiah 35:2 37:24 65:10 Jeremiah 50:19,20 Ezekiel 34:13,14 Zephaniah 3:13

as

Psalms 77:5-11 143:5 Lamentations 1:7 5:21 Amos 9:11 Malachi 3:4

According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

Psalms 68:22 78:12-72 Isaiah 11:16 51:9 63:11-15 Jeremiah 23:7,8

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

nations

5:8 Psalms 126:2 Isaiah 26:11 66:18 Ezekiel 38:23 39:17-21 Zechariah 8:20-23 Zechariah 12:9 Revelation 11:18

lay

Job 21:5 29:9,10 40:4 Isaiah 52:15 Romans 3:19

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

lick

Genesis 3:14,15 Psalms 72:9 Isaiah 49:23 60:14 65:25 Lamentations 3:29 Revelation 3:9

move

1 Samuel 14:11 Psalms 18:45 Jeremiah 16:16

worms

or, creeping things. they shall be.

Exodus 15:14-16 Joshua 2:9-11 9:24 Psalms 9:20 Isaiah 2:19-21 64:2 Jeremiah 33:9 Zechariah 14:5 Revelation 6:15-17 18:9,10

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

a God

Exodus 15:11 Deuteronomy 33:26 1 Kings 8:23 Psalms 35:10 71:19 89:6,8 113:5,6 Isaiah 40:18,25 46:8,9

that

Exodus 33:18,19 34:6,7 Numbers 14:18,19 Nehemiah 9:17 Psalms 65:3 86:5,15 Psalms 103:2,3 130:4,7,8 Isaiah 1:18 43:25 44:22 55:7 Jeremiah 31:34 38:8 50:20 Daniel 9:9 Jonah 4:2 Luke 24:47 Acts 13:38,39

passeth

Numbers 23:21 Amos 7:8 8:2

the remnant

14 2:12 4:7 5:3,7,8 Joel 2:32 Romans 11:4 Hebrews 8:9-12

he retaineth

Psalms 77:6-10 85:4,5 103:9 Isaiah 57:10,16 Jeremiah 3:5,12 Lamentations 3:31,32

he delighteth

Isaiah 62:5 65:19 Jeremiah 32:41 Ezekiel 33:11 Zephaniah 3:17 Luke 15:5-7,9,10,23,24,32 Ephesians 2:4,5 James 2:13

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

turn

Deuteronomy 30:3 32:36 Ezra 9:8,9 Psalms 90:13,14 Isaiah 63:15-17 Jeremiah 31:20 Lamentations 3:32 Hosea 14:4

subdue

Deuteronomy 30:6 Psalms 130:8 Ezekiel 11:19,20 36:25-27 Romans 6:14,17-22 7:23-25 Romans 8:2,3,13 Titus 2:14 James 4:5,6 1 John 3:8

cast

Psalms 103:12 Isaiah 38:17 Jeremiah 50:20 Daniel 9:24

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Genesis 12:2,3 17:7,8 22:16-18 26:3,4 28:13,14 Psalms 105:8-10 Jeremiah 33:25,26 Luke 1:54,55,72-74 Acts 3:25,26 Romans 11:26-31 Hebrews 6:13-18