Micah 7:9-19

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until * He ¹pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the ²light, And I will see His ³righteousness.

10 Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who ⁴said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be ⁵trampled down Like mire of the streets.

11 It will be a day for ⁶building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.

12 It will be a day when they will ⁷come 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 ⁸desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the ⁹fruit of their deeds.

14 ¹⁰Shepherd Your people with Your ¹¹scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in ¹²Bashan and Gilead ¹³As in the days of old.

15 "As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show ¹⁴you miracles."

16 Nations ¹⁵will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will ¹⁶put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.

17 They will ¹⁷lick the dust like a serpent, Like ¹⁸reptiles of the earth. They will come ¹⁹trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in ²⁰dread And they will be afraid before You.

18 Who is a God like You, who ²¹pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the ²²remnant of His possession? He does not ²³retain His anger forever, Because He ²⁴delights in unchanging love.

19 He will again have compassion on us; ²⁵He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will ²⁶cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea.

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Micah 7:9-19 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 26

1. Jeremiah 50:34
2. Psalms 37:6; Isaiah 42:7, 16
3. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1
4. Joel 2:17
5. Isaiah 51:23; Zechariah 10:5
6. Isaiah 54:11; Amos 9:11
7. Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:4, 9
8. Jeremiah 25:11; Micah 6:13
9. Isaiah 3:10, 11; Micah 3:4
10. Psalms 95:7; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:10; Micah 5:4
11. Leviticus 27:32; Psalms 23:4
12. Jeremiah 50:19
13. Amos 9:11
14. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 34:10; Psalms 78:12
15. Isaiah 26:11
16. Micah 3:7
17. Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23
18. Deuteronomy 32:24
19. Psalms 18:45
20. Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 59:19
21. Exodus 34:7, 9; Isaiah 43:25
22. Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:7, 8
23. Ps 103:8, 9, 13
24. Jeremiah 32:41
25. Jeremiah 50:20
26. Isaiah 38:17; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34

Footnotes 12

[a]. I.e. right dealing
[b]. Lit "Now"
[c]. Lit "become a trampled" place
[d]. Lit "he"
[e]. Lit "River"
[f]. Or "inheritance"
[g]. Or "Carmel"
[h]. Lit "him"
[i]. Lit "fastnesses"
[j]. Or "inheritance"
[k]. Or "lovingkindness"
[l]. Several ancient versions read "our"