Micah 7:5-15

5 Do not ¹trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips.

6 For ²son treats father contemptuously, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³A man's enemies are the men of his own household.

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

7 But as for me, I will ⁴watch expectantly for the LORD; I will ⁵wait for the God of my salvation. My ⁶God will hear me.

8 ⁷Do not rejoice over me, O ⁸my enemy. Though I fall I will ⁹rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a ¹⁰light for me.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until * He ¹¹pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the ¹²light, And I will see His ¹³righteousness.

10 Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who ¹⁴said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be ¹⁵trampled down Like mire of the streets.

11 It will be a day for ¹⁶building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.

12 It will be a day when they will ¹⁷come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

13 And the earth will become ¹⁸desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the ¹⁹fruit of their deeds.

14 ²⁰Shepherd Your people with Your ²¹scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in ²²Bashan and Gilead ²³As in the days of old.

15 "As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show ²⁴you miracles."

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Micah 7:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 7

This chapter begins with a lamentation of the prophet, in the name of the church and people of God, concerning the general depravity and corruption of the times in which he lived, Mic 7:1-6; then declares what he was determined to do for his relief in such circumstances, Mic 7:7; comforts himself and the church with a good hope and firm belief of its being otherwise and better with them, to the shame and confusion of their enemies that now rejoiced, though without just reason for it, Mic 7:8-10; with promises of deliverance, after a desolation of the land for some time, Mic 7:11-13; and with the answer returned to the prayers of the prophet, Mic 7:14,15; which would issue in the astonishment of the world, and their subjection to the church of God, Mic 7:16,17; and the chapter is concluded with admiration at the pardoning grace and mercy of God, and his faithfulness to his promises, Mic 7:18-20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. Jeremiah 9:4
2. Matthew 10:21, 35; Luke 12:53
3. Matthew 10:36
4. Habakkuk 2:1
5. Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 25:9
6. Psalms 4:3
7. Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 12
8. Micah 7:10
9. Amos 9:11
10. Isaiah 9:2
11. Jeremiah 50:34
12. Psalms 37:6; Isaiah 42:7, 16
13. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1
14. Joel 2:17
15. Isaiah 51:23; Zechariah 10:5
16. Isaiah 54:11; Amos 9:11
17. Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:4, 9
18. Jeremiah 25:11; Micah 6:13
19. Isaiah 3:10, 11; Micah 3:4
20. Psalms 95:7; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:10; Micah 5:4
21. Leviticus 27:32; Psalms 23:4
22. Jeremiah 50:19
23. Amos 9:11
24. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 34:10; Psalms 78:12

Footnotes 9

[a]. Lit "openings of your mouth"
[b]. I.e. right dealing
[c]. Lit "Now"
[d]. Lit "become a trampled" place
[e]. Lit "he"
[f]. Lit "River"
[g]. Or "inheritance"
[h]. Or "Carmel"
[i]. Lit "him"