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**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**good** = gracious.
**men** = mankind. Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**asketh** = asketh [for a reward]. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 16:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/19) ). App-92 . Compare [Micah 3:11](../../../kjv/micah/3/11) .[Hosea 4:18](../../../kjv/hosea/4/18) .
**the judge asketh** = the judge [judgeth], &c. Figure of speech complex *Ellipsis.* Compare [Micah 3:11](../../../kjv/micah/3/11) .[Isaiah 1:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/23) .
**reward** = bribe.
**his mischievous desire** = the mischief of his soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Compare [Micah 3:9-11](../../../kjv/micah/3/9-11) .
**they:** i.e. the prince and the judge.
**wrap it up** = weave it together. Occurs only here.
**it.** Hebrew suffix is feminine, so we must supply a feminine noun: e.g. *zimmah =* wicked purpose, or mischievous device. [Isaiah 32:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/32/7) .

**the day of thy watchmen.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 :. the day [of punishment] foretold by thy watchmen.

**Trust ye not** = Put ye no faith in. Hebrew. *'aman* . See App-69 .
**put ye not confidence in.** Hebrew. *batah* . See App-69 . So the Western Massorites. The Eastern, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "neither put", &c. Quoted in [Matthew 10:35](../../../kjv/matthew/10/35) , [Matthew 10:36](../../../kjv/matthew/10/36) ; [Luke 12:53](../../../kjv/luke/12/53) .
**doors** = entrances, or openings.

**dishonoureth, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:12](../../../kjv/exodus/20/12) .[Deuteronomy 5:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/16); [Deuteronomy 5:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/16) ). App-92 .
**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'enosh.* App-14 .[Micah 7:6](../../../kjv/micah/7/6); [Micah 7:6](../../../kjv/micah/7/6) does not end "abruptly", nor does there "yawn a century". [Micah 7:7](../../../kjv/micah/7/7) gives the true remedy in contrast with the vain remedies of verses: [Micah 7:5](../../../kjv/micah/7/5) , [Micah 7:6](../../../kjv/micah/7/6) .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . See the Structure.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

**when I fall:** i.e. into calamity; not into sin. Literally I have fallen, I have arisen; though I should sit in darkness, Jehovah, &c.

**indignation.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the punishment which was the result of it.
**sinned.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .
**behold** = look unto.
**His righteousness:** i.e. His righteous vindication.

**Then she, &c.** So shall she [who had been] mine enemy: i.e. Assyria (in [Micah 7:12](../../../kjv/micah/7/12) ).

**decree** = prescribed limit or boundary. So the Oxford *Gesenius,* p. 349. Compare [Job 26:10](../../../kjv/job/26/10) ; [Job 38:10](../../../kjv/job/38/10) . [Proverbs 8:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/29) . [Isaiah 24:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/5) .[Jeremiah 5:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/22) . Hebrew. *chok.*
**be far removed** = become distant: i.e. extended. See the Oxford *Gesenius,* p. 935. Hebrew. *rachak,* as in [Isaiah 26:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/15) . Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), *yir'chok.*

**he** = one. But a special various reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ), reads "they": i.e. thine exiles. come = come home; as in [1 Samuel 11:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/5) .[Psalms 45:15](../../../kjv/psalms/45/15) .[Proverbs 2:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/10) , or, into blessing; as in [Psalms 69:27](../../../kjv/psalms/69/27) . Nothing has "fallen out" of the text!
**Assyria.** See the "enemy", [Micah 7:10](../../../kjv/micah/7/10) .
**the fortified cities** = the cities of *Matzor* (i.e. the fortress) put for Egypt. Compare [Isaiah 19:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/6) ; Isa 19:37 .
**the river.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 , for the Euphrates. Also the Figure of speech *Antonomasia* .

**Notwithstanding:** i.e. But first, or before this.
**the land, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/33) , the same word).

**Feed, &c.** Note here, the prayer of Micah. Supply the *Ellip* sis: "[Then Micah prayed, and said: O Jehovah] Feed Thy People", &c.
**Feed** = shepherd Thou (masc).
**rod.** Hebrew. *shebet,* as in [Micah 5:1](../../../kjv/micah/5/1) ; not as in [Micah 6:9](../../../kjv/micah/6/9) . Here it is the token of rule.
**which dwell, &c.** = dwell thou (feminine): i.e. the "flock". Hebrew. *tz'on* (com. gender).
**solitarily** = alone. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 23:9](../../../kjv/numbers/23/9) . [Deuteronomy 33:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/28) ). App-92 .
**as in the days of old** = as in the age-past times: so shall be the yet future day of Israel's consolation; not Micah's day, when Israel was in possession of Bashan, &c. No ground, therefore, for dating this prayer in "the latest period of Israel's history, the days of Haggai and Zechariah", as alleged.

**According, &c.** Verses 15-17 are Jehovah's answer as to the subjugation of Israel's enemies. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on [Micah 6:4](../../../kjv/micah/6/4) . App-92 . Not the continuation of Micah's prayer.
**will I shew unto him.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 34:10](../../../kjv/exodus/34/10) ).

**lay their hand, &c** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for silence, of which it was the token their ears. Some codices, with four early printed and sign. See [Job 21:5](../../../kjv/job/21/5) ; [Job 29:9](../../../kjv/job/29/9) ; [Job 40:4](../../../kjv/job/40/4) .
**their ears.** Some codices, with lour early printed editions, read "and their".

**lick the dust.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for the utmost humiliation, as in [Genesis 3:14](../../../kjv/genesis/3/14) . Compare [Psalms 72:9](../../../kjv/psalms/72/9) . [Isaiah 49:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/23) .
**move** = come quaking.
**holes** = fastnesses. Hebrew. *misgereth.*
**worms.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/24) , the same word). Occurs only in these two places.

**pardoneth iniquity.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 34:7](../../../kjv/exodus/34/7) ).
**iniquity** = perverseness. Hebrew. *'avah.* .
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.

**will turn again.** Compare [Hosea 14:8](../../../kjv/hosea/14/8) .

**Thou wilt perform, &c.** Quoted in [Luke 1:72](../../../kjv/luke/1/72) , [Luke 1:73](../../../kjv/luke/1/73) .
**sworn unto our fathers.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 50:24](../../../kjv/genesis/50/24) . &c.) App-92 . See [Psalms 105:9](../../../kjv/psalms/105/9) , [Psalms 105:10](../../../kjv/psalms/105/10) , [Psalms 105:42](../../../kjv/psalms/105/42) ,

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