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Micah 2 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Micah 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
23
classic sermon excerpts
5
preachers & commentators

Micah 2 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נָטַף nâṭaph H5197 5 ooze, distil gradually
עַם ʻam H5971 4 people, tribe
מוּשׁ mûwsh H4185 2 withdraw
עָבַר ʻâbar H5674 3 cross, transition
רַע raʻ H7451 3 bad, evil
פָּרַץ pârats H6555 2 break
שָׁדַד shâdad H7703 2 be burly, powerful

How preachers through history handled this text

23 public-domain excerpts on Micah 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 12 Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 1

“These verses may refer to the captivity of Israel and Judah. But the passage is also a prophecy of the conversion of the Jews to Christ. The Lord would not only bring them from captivity, and multiply them, but the Lord Jesus would open their way to God, by taking upon him the nature of man, and by the work of his Spirit in their hearts, breaking the fetters of Satan. Thus he has gone before, and the people follow, breaking, in his strength, through the enemies that would stop their way to heaven.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Micah 2:12–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Bozrah 1 — Mic 2:12

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