7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the {a} summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.(a) The Prophet takes upon himself the voice of the earth, which complains that all her fruits are gone, so that none are left: that is, that there is no godly man remaining, for all are given to cruelty and deceit, so that none spares his own brother. read more
7:2 The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: {b} they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.(b) He shows that the prince, the judge, and the rich man are all linked together to do evil, and to disguise the deeds of one another. read more
7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the {c} great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so {d} they wrap it up.(c) That is, the rich man that is able to give money, abstains from no wickedness or injury.(d) These men agree among themselves, and conspire with one another to do evil. read more
7:4 The best of them [is] as {e} a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of {f} thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.(e) They that are of most estimation and are counted most honest among them, are but thorns and briers to prick.(f) Meaning the prophets and governors. read more
7:7 Therefore {g} I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.(g) The Prophet shows that the only remedy for the godly in desperate evils, is to flee to God for help. read more
7:8 Rejoice not against me, {h} O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.(h) This is spoken in the voice of the Church, which calls the malignant church her enemy. read more
7:11 [In] {i} the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall {k} the decree be far removed.(i) That is, when God will show himself to be a deliverer of his Church, and a destroyer of his enemies.(k) Meaning the cruel empire of the Babylonians. read more
7:12 [In] that day [also] he shall come even to thee from {l} Assyria, and [from] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.(l) When the Church will be restored, those that were enemies before will come out of all the corners of the world to her, so that neither fortresses, rivers, seas, nor mountains will be able to stop them. read more
7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of {m} their doings.(m) Before this grace appears, he shows how grievously the hypocrites themselves will be punished, seeing that the earth itself, which cannot sin, will be made waste because of their wickedness. read more
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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Micah 7:1-20
CHAPTER 7 1. The prophet’s complaint (Micah 7:1-6 ) 2. Confession, prayer and thanksgiving (Micah 7:7-20 ) Micah 7:1-6 . It is the prophet’s voice complaining over the conditions of the people. But he is also the typical representative of the remnant during the time of travail in Zion. It is to be noted that our Lord quotes from this portion of Micah. (See Matthew 10:21 , which dispensationally applies to the future remnant.) In the midst of the conditions the prophet describes we read... read more