Micah 7:7-20

God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

7 But as for me, I will ¹watch expectantly for the LORD; I will ²wait for the God of my salvation. My ³God will hear me.

8 ⁴Do not rejoice over me, O ⁵my enemy. Though I fall I will ⁶rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a ⁷light for me.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until * He ⁸pleads my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me out to the ⁹light, And I will see His ¹⁰righteousness.

10 Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who ¹¹said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be ¹²trampled down Like mire of the streets.

11 It will be a day for ¹³building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended.

12 It will be a day when they will ¹⁴come 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 ¹⁵desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the ¹⁶fruit of their deeds.

14 ¹⁷Shepherd Your people with Your ¹⁸scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in ¹⁹Bashan and Gilead ²⁰As in the days of old.

15 "As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show ²¹you miracles."

16 Nations ²²will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will ²³put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf.

17 They will ²⁴lick the dust like a serpent, Like ²⁵reptiles of the earth. They will come ²⁶trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in ²⁷dread And they will be afraid before You.

18 Who is a God like You, who ²⁸pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the ²⁹remnant of His possession? He does not ³⁰retain His anger forever, Because He ³¹delights in unchanging love.

19 He will again have compassion on us; ³²He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will ³³cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea.

20 You will give ³⁴truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You ³⁵swore to our forefathers From the days of old.

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Micah 7:7-20 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 35

1. Habakkuk 2:1
2. Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 25:9
3. Psalms 4:3
4. Proverbs 24:17; Obadiah 12
5. Micah 7:10
6. Amos 9:11
7. Isaiah 9:2
8. Jeremiah 50:34
9. Psalms 37:6; Isaiah 42:7, 16
10. Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 56:1
11. Joel 2:17
12. Isaiah 51:23; Zechariah 10:5
13. Isaiah 54:11; Amos 9:11
14. Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:4, 9
15. Jeremiah 25:11; Micah 6:13
16. Isaiah 3:10, 11; Micah 3:4
17. Psalms 95:7; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:10; Micah 5:4
18. Leviticus 27:32; Psalms 23:4
19. Jeremiah 50:19
20. Amos 9:11
21. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 34:10; Psalms 78:12
22. Isaiah 26:11
23. Micah 3:7
24. Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23
25. Deuteronomy 32:24
26. Psalms 18:45
27. Isaiah 25:3; Isaiah 59:19
28. Exodus 34:7, 9; Isaiah 43:25
29. Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:7, 8
30. Ps 103:8, 9, 13
31. Jeremiah 32:41
32. Jeremiah 50:20
33. Isaiah 38:17; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34
34. Genesis 24:27; Genesis 32:10
35. Deuteronomy 7:8, 12

Footnotes 14

[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"
[m]. Or "faithfulness"
[n]. Or "lovingkindness"