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MESSAGE OF DOOM TO JERUSALEM
LORD’S DAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25
Micah 1:9-16
Psalm 46
"God is our refuge
and strength…"
MESSAGE OF DOOM TO JERUSALEM
Having denounced Samaria in the strongest possible terms, Micah’s prophescope then swung over to Judah and its capital city Jerusalem. But the invasion of Judah described here did not coincide with that by the Assyrian. It was something yet future. It took place 150 years later under the sway of Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian hordes.
In this prophecy of a later time, the prophet saw twelve Judean cities and townships in the vicinity of his home town, Moresheth, taken.
"Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all" (Mic 1:10) was the lament after David’s mourning of King Saul (2 Sam 1:20), lest the Philistine enemies of Judah rejoice. "Lachish was the most important of the cities enumerated. It was fortified by Rehoboam, and was sought as a refuge by Amaziah from the conspiracy formed against him in Jerusalem. After the capture of the Holy City by Nebuchadnezzar, Lachish alone remained, with Azekah, of the defenced cities of Judah. It appears, from its position as a border city, to have been the channel for introducing into the kingdom of Judah the idolatry set up by Jeroboam in Israel" (Ellicott).
Now, on the names of each of these towns there is a word-play, for example, Aphrah (Mic 1:10) rhymes with the Hebrew word aphar, meaning dust. So to the people of Aphrah came the prophet’s taunt to roll in the aphar (dust). Then for Achzib there is the Hebrew word achzab, meaning deceptive. So the people of Achzib were denounced to be a lie to the kings of Israel. It is not necessary for us to go into the word-play in each name of the twelve towns. It is enough to know that such word-play is a form of effective rhetoric in the prophet’s message. The concluding verse (Mic 1:16) saw Judah going finally into captivity, naked like the bald head of vultures.
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 42, a psalm for those going into exile.)
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Lord, for Thy Word. It is "a lamp unto my feet."
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Micah 1:9-16
Psalm 46
"God is our refuge
and strength…"
MESSAGE OF DOOM TO JERUSALEM
Having denounced Samaria in the strongest possible terms, Micah’s prophescope then swung over to Judah and its capital city Jerusalem. But the invasion of Judah described here did not coincide with that by the Assyrian. It was something yet future. It took place 150 years later under the sway of Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian hordes.
In this prophecy of a later time, the prophet saw twelve Judean cities and townships in the vicinity of his home town, Moresheth, taken.
"Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all" (Mic 1:10) was the lament after David’s mourning of King Saul (2 Sam 1:20), lest the Philistine enemies of Judah rejoice. "Lachish was the most important of the cities enumerated. It was fortified by Rehoboam, and was sought as a refuge by Amaziah from the conspiracy formed against him in Jerusalem. After the capture of the Holy City by Nebuchadnezzar, Lachish alone remained, with Azekah, of the defenced cities of Judah. It appears, from its position as a border city, to have been the channel for introducing into the kingdom of Judah the idolatry set up by Jeroboam in Israel" (Ellicott).
Now, on the names of each of these towns there is a word-play, for example, Aphrah (Mic 1:10) rhymes with the Hebrew word aphar, meaning dust. So to the people of Aphrah came the prophet’s taunt to roll in the aphar (dust). Then for Achzib there is the Hebrew word achzab, meaning deceptive. So the people of Achzib were denounced to be a lie to the kings of Israel. It is not necessary for us to go into the word-play in each name of the twelve towns. It is enough to know that such word-play is a form of effective rhetoric in the prophet’s message. The concluding verse (Mic 1:16) saw Judah going finally into captivity, naked like the bald head of vultures.
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 42, a psalm for those going into exile.)
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Lord, for Thy Word. It is "a lamp unto my feet."
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