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THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Micah
Chapter Selection:

1:1b *

(The title of this Book, 'Micah'), Meaning, Who is like Jah? see ch. 7:18; Ps. 68:4.

1:8a stripped

Or 'barefooted.'

1:10b all

Or 'in Acco (i.e. 'weeping') weep not.' Vers. 10-15 are made up of paranomasia, see Isa. 5:7

1:10c Beth-le-aphrah

House of dust.

1:11d Shaphir

Beautiful town.

1:11e Zaanan

Coming forth, Josh. 15:37.

1:11f Beth-ezel

Neighbouring house.

1:11g will

Or '... forth; the lamentation of Beth-ezel will.'

1:11h shelter

Or 'stay:' lit. 'standing ground.'

1:12i Maroth

Bitterness.

1:14k Moresheth-Gath

Possession of Gath.

1:14l Achzib

Lying.

1:15m heir

Or, 'the possessor.'

1:15n Mareshah

Possession, inheritance.

1:15o Adullam

Or 'Even unto Adullam (meaning 'retreat') shall he come, -- the glory of Israel.'

1:16p eagle

Or 'vulture.'

2:1q work

See Note m, Ps. 5:5.

2:1r hand

Or 'because for them their hand is God (El):' see Prov. 3:27.

2:2s oppress

Or 'defraud,' see Ezek. 22:12.

2:2t man

Geber, Job 3:3.

2:2u man

Ish, Gen. 2:23.

2:6v Prophesy

Lit. 'Drop,' in this and ver. 11, as Amos 7:16.

2:6w these

i.e. If the true prophets do not prophesy to the unjust rich men (see vers. 1, 2): others translate 'They shall not prophesy of such.'

2:7x impatient

Or 'Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened?'

2:7y to

Lit. 'with.'

2:8a with

Lit. 'from off.'

2:8b averse

Or 'as coming back.'

2:10c that

Or 'because it is defiled, it.'

2:12d Bozrah

Or 'in a fold.'

3:5e prepare

Lit. 'hallow,' as Jer. 6:4; 51:27, 28; Joel 3:9.

3:9f judgment

Or 'justice.'

3:12g forest

See Jer. 26:18.

4:1h But

Or 'And:' see Isa. 2:2-4.

4:3a many

Or 'great.'

4:6b halteth

Or 'limpeth,' as Gen. 32:31; Zeph. 3:19.

4:8c flock

Or 'Migdal-eder,' Gen. 35:21.

4:13d brass

Or 'bronze.'

5:2e *

In the Hebrew, ch. 5 begins here.

5:2f be

Or 'though thou be small.'

5:4a earth

Or 'land.'

5:5b princes

As Ps. 83:11; Ezek. 32:30; &c.: cf. also 'chiefs,' Josh. 13:21.

5:6c waste

Or 'feed on,' or 'rule,' Ps. 49:14; 80:13.

5:9d upon

Or 'above.'

5:9e adversaries

Or 'oppressors.'

5:15f of

Or 'who have not hearkened.'

6:4g bondage

Lit. 'bondmen.'

6:5h righteousness

Lit. 'righteousnesses.'

6:8a goodness

Chesed, 'mercy,' 'loving-kindness,' as 2Chron. 6:42.

6:10b measure

Lit. 'ephah.'

6:14c thee

Or 'thou shalt be quite cast down.'

6:16d desolation

Or 'an astonishment.'

6:16e thereof

i.e. Samaria, ch. 1:5.

7:1f desired

Or 'my soul desired an early fig.'

7:2g godly

Chasid: see Note, 2Chron. 6:42.

7:2h land

Or 'earth.'

7:2i men

The Adam -- mankind, as Gen. 1:27.

7:2k net

Or 'as after one under a ban:' see Isa. 34:5.

7:3l combine

Lit. 'weave,' 'twist.'

7:8m enemy

Feminine: see ver. 10.

7:8n arise

* Lit. 'when I have fallen I have arisen.'

7:11a limit

Or 'bound.'

7:12b Egypt

Matsor: Isa. 19:6.

7:12c river

i.e. the Euphrates.

7:14d forest

See Ezek. 34:25.

7:17e close

Or 'fortified.'

7:20f perform

Lit. 'give.'

7:20g Abraham

Or 'wilt give the truth promised to Jacob, the loving-kindness promised to Abraham.'