Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy - The captive Israelites are introduced as speaking here and in the preceding verse. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. Micah 3:2 "Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;" The judges instead of fulfilling the obligations of their office, whereby they should be “for the people to God-ward,” perpetrated the most flagrant cruelty upon them. "God is not only our light", as (Lap.) Over and above the conflicts arising from his own evil heart, and the … “The Lord is my light” Psalm 27:1. : “The fall of infirmity is not grave, if free from the desire of the will. God’s true saints shall be raised from the ground, however hard their fall. We should … A type of the great enemy of the believer and of the Church, Satan. Here the Prophet assumes the character of the Church and repels a temptation, which proves very severe to us in adversities; for there is not so much bitterness in the evil itself, as in the mockery of the wicked, when they petulantly insult us and deride our faith. Commentary on Micah 6:9-16 (Read Micah 6:9-16) God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. But yet some think that more is expressed, namely, that in the very darkness some spark of light would still shine. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. His love is more powerful than His might. into calamity; not into sin. We hence see that our hope triumphs against all temptations: and this passage shows in a striking manner, how true is that saying of John, — that our faith gains the victory over the world, (1 John 5:4.) How otherwise, it may be asked, did these words become an established part of the divine prophecy of Micah? — How so? When I fall, I shall arise] Because fall I never so low, I cannot fall below the supporting hand of God, which will help me up again, Psalms 37:24. We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in … This is the reason why the Prophet directs his discourse now to the enemies of the Church. For God puts under him his own hand. The light of God's love may not, on grounds which He knoweth, shine unchequered upon him. The “enemy” is Babylon and “Edom” Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:12; Psalm 137:7; and then, in all times, (since this was written for all times, and the relations of the people of God and of its enemies are the same,) whosoever, whether devils or evil men, rejoice over the falls of God‘s people. Thisword means that he was an inhabitan… He does not say, "after darkness, comes light," but "when I shall sit in darkness", then, "the Lord is light unto me". When Micah refers to a “man’s household” he is talking about the evil loves that live in our own will. We now then understand the design of the Prophet, — that he wished to arm us, as I have said, against the taunts of the ungodly, lest they should prevail against us when God presses us down with adversities, but that we may stand courageously, and with composed and tranquil minds, swallow down the indignity. Brown.). He therefore was a contemporary of Isaiah, Hosea and Amos. Most of the commentators attempting an explanation of these verses apply them to "the abject surrender" of the Gentile nations to Israel in the days of Israel's coming glory, or to "their prostration before Jehovah with fear and trembling, and their recognition that `in none other name under heaven is there salvation.'" It was the crofter trouble of those old times which in part caused Micah to speak burning words. "The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light" Isaiah 60:19. This prophecy clearly has never been fulfilled. I would be interested to see how exegetes here … I have looked at John Piper's exegesis of this passage in a book, and he calls it gutsy guilt which I found interesting. Yet how much more in Christ, (for whom this deliverance prepared,) when “the people that walked in darkness have seern a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined” Isaiah 9:2. The “sitting in darkness” is the occasion of the light, in that the soul or the people in sorrow turns to Him who is their light. (h) This is spoken in the voice of the Church, which calls the malignant church her enemy. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD, When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me —, I will bear the indignation of the Lord —, Until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me —, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. This passage is applied by the Jews (b) to the days of the Messiah. The bugle that calls him to peace with God, calls him also to battle. No one has drawn close to God except the one who has cried over God’s compassion on Him. Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film produced, written, directed, photographed and edited by Oren Peli.It centers on a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home.They then set up a camera to document what is haunting them. (a) "quamvis sedero", Drusius; "quamvis sedeam", Burkius. He assaults our weakest part. when I fall, I shall arise—(Ps 37:24; Pr 24:16). As to the latter clause, When I sit in darkness, God will be my light, it seems to be a confirmation of the preceding sentence, where the Prophet declares, that the fall of the Church would not be fatal. One of the most well-known half-verses in the Old Testament: “What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (NRSV). Rejoice not over me, he says, O my enemy Why not? The fall and “the darkness” refer no doubt to the outward calamities of the Church, its troubles and afflictions. Latest Blog Posts. Rejoice not, my enemy, on my account; in their sin, which was so punished, they were turned away from the light. He calls Himself, "The light of Israel" Isaiah 10:17. "Mine enemy," in Hebrew [ 'oyabtiy (Hebrew #341)] is feminine. Intercession was a test of the prophetic office; Jeremiah 27:18; Genesis 20:7 But Micah's prayer voices also the heart exercise of the remnant in the last days. The wicked fall and never rise, Amos 8:14, they shall drink of the cup of God’s wrath, "and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more," Jeremiah 25:27; their carcases shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them, Jeremiah 9:22. 7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. At the same time, hints of exilic and postexilic periods (e.g., rebuilding city walls; restoring national boundaries, 7:11) may reflect expansions of the text over the years in view of … Continue reading "Commentary on Micah 6:1-8" The Targum is. Against me; Israel of God, the remnant, the faithful, which are the church of God. 11. fol. He even looked through God's prophetic telescope to further proclaim the promised Messiah of God, Who was to be born in Bethlehem, to save His people from their sins. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith … 11. fol. Yet how much more in Christ, (for whom this deliverance prepared,) when "the people that walked in darkness have seern a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined" Isaiah 9:2. And in his letter to the Lady Vane, I thank the Lord, saith he, I am not alone, but have six other faithful companions, who in our darkness do cheerfully sing hymns and praises to God for his great goodness. Micah speaks in the name of those who were penitent, and so were forgiven, and yet, in that they were under punishment, seemed to lie under the wrath of God. Daniel 9:3-19. Enduring Word Bible Commentary . “Mine enemy,” in Hebrew, is feminine. When I fall, I shall arise - (Psalms 37:24; Proverbs 24:16). The fear of death is natural; it is probably a principle implanted from above, to prevent man from rushing unbidden into the presence of God. Though I shall sit in darkness, when I fall, I shall arise — (Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 24:16). That which belonged to him is common to us all--not always, but at certain times. Like as the Saxon princes, before they became Christians, gave for their arms a black horse; but being once baptized, a white. Rejoice not — The prophet personates the church. when I fall: i.e. This is spoken more especially concerning Judah. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy - The prophet still more makes himself one with the people, not only as looking for God, but in penitence, as Daniel bewails “his own sins and the sins of his people” Daniel 9:10. We want nothing but the history of our heart to explain this. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times, we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts. Ver. O mine enemy; O Assyria, Edom, or Babylon. During this time the Assyrians attacked the northern kingdom, which was defeated in 722 BC and was brought into Assyrian captivity (see Micah 1; Micah 5:5 ff). Contrast Amos 7:8… “O Babylon, that art to be destroyed.” The fall of those cities should be final, but Jerusalem would rise again. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me. And this seems to be a correct view: for it cannot be that any one will expect the deliverance of which the Prophet speaks, except he sees some light even in the thickest darkness, and sustains himself by partaking, in some measure, of God’s goodness: and a taste of God’s favor in distresses is suitably compared to light; as when one is cast into a deep pit, by raising upward his eyes, he sees at a distance the light of the sun; so also the obscure and thick darkness of tribulations may not so far prevail as to shut out from us every spark of light, and to prevent faith from raising our eyes upwards, that we may have some taste of God’s goodness. Micah 6:6-8 Micah (whose name means “who is like Yahweh?”) was a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos and Hosea and prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judea around the 8th century BC. We have not understood the greatness of our God until we have experienced the depth of His compassion. Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Psalm 137:7, Psalm 137:8). God will hear us. Micah 5:2-5a EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: The first verse of this book tells us that the word of Yahweh came to Micah “in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” This was in the eighth century B.C. But these arose again from their fall, while those jesters at holiness continued in the gall of bitterness and bonds of inward corruption. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me] He can lighten the greatest darkness, as be did the dungeons to the martyrs. The posy of the city of Geneva stamped round about their money was formerly out of Job, Post tenebras spero lucern, After darkness I look for light; but the Reformation once settled among them, they changed it into Post tenebras lux (Scultet. 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